slade
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Straucht ower the water slade frae the mune A glimmer o' cauld weet licht; Ane o' her horns rase the water abune, And lampit across the nicht.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
That theffe I saw to nyght, Here be-side a slade.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
But he slade aye awa or the sun was up, He ne’er could look straught on Macmillan’s cup;58 They watch’d—but nane saw him his brose ever sup Nor a spune sought Aiken-drum.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
For soul and sense had waxed amort To wold and weald, to slade and stream; And all he heard was her soft word As one adream.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius
An honest wabster to his trade, Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred Gat tippence-worth to mend her head, When it was sair; The wife slade cannie to her bed, But ne'er spak mair.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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