skreigh
- a variation of skreegh.
Example Sentences
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With a muffled skreigh the mare leapt forward, seized the bit 'twixt her teeth, and ventre à terre pursued the others in spite of her rider's remonstrances.
From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard
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 had it a' ower, my lee lane, afore the skreigh o' day.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
"The skreigh of a Tammie Norie," answered Ochiltree—"I ken the skirl weel."
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
