tholing
- present participle of thole.
Example Sentences
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I think I would not be tholing that either, my dear," cried he in a fierce voice, "but the lantern has to be lighted and the fire.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
"Margaret," said I, "are there none among the young sparks coming about the place that you could be tholing about ye?"
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
Some indeed blamed her for not tholing her grief until her husband came back, but not a single heart suspected her of a liaison with her old lover.
From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
No, and I am thinking nothing worse can come to the little mistress than the sorrow she is tholing now.
From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth
