saft
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But he lay by his napkin fine,145 Was saft as ony silk, And on the block he laid his neck, Was whiter than the milk.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
"Did ye no see him this day, bairn, laid by the side o' his faither amang the saft mould o' Death's Croft?"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
He's no sae saft in the horn as that.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
And aye an' while we nearer draw To whaur the kirkton lies alaw, Mair neebours, comin' saft an' slaw Frae here an' there, The thicker thrang the gate, an' caw The stour in air.
From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis
An' when we did get it cut, the stacks, for the first whilie, were aye heatin wi' us; an' when Marti'mas came, the grain was still saft an' milky, an' no fit for the market.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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