skreigh
- a variation of skreegh.
Example Sentences
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A meenute, or barely twa, was ower, whan a cry cam frae the king's room—a fearfu' cry—a lang lang skreigh.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
When thou an' I were young an' skeigh, An' stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh An' tak the road!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
No luck sent ye back to hear the skreigh o' the lass, but the whisper of the guid Father withoot whose permission not even a sparrow falls to the ground.
From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod
I luffed for my life, for I thocht we were over near Soa; but na, it wasna that, it was puir Sandy Gabart’s deid skreigh, or near-hand, for he was deid in half an hour.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis
"The skreigh of a Tammie Norie," answered Ochiltree—"I ken the skirl weel."
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
