stane
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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You that made the heaven and the earth and all that in them is, can You no set fire to some wet whins, or change this stane into a mill-dam?”
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
She set her foot on her door step, A bonny marble stane, And carried him to her chamber, O'er him to make her mane.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
She's cast off her bonny brown gown, And laid it on a stane; Her belly was big, her twa sides high, Her colour it was quite gane.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
In that howe stood the minister, upon a muckle stane that has been lang syne removed; and the congregation sat upon the brae around him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
Then up there raise ane wee wee man Franethe the moss-gray stane; His face was wan like the collifloure, For he nouthir had blude nor bane.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
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