shealing
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Through the heather he brushed eagerly now, his eyes intent upon the dim summits of the brae from which again he should see the light of the shealing if it was there.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
Above the bed were some planks, extending half way the length of the shealing, and there slept the seven boys, without any mattress, or even straw, to lie upon.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
And there was Neil Roy Vich Roban, and Callum Dubh, and five or six others little worth, with your leave; and Donald knew not how many more might be in the shealing.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
The bodies of the dead in the shealing were consigned to the earth as they lay, the four walls composing a mausoleum where animosity was buried.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
If you want to hear mine about the matter, you must visit me at my retreat—the low shealing at the west of Hungry Mountain.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
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