wab

American  

[wahb] / wɑb /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. web.

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Example Sentences

I coft a stane o' haslock woo', To mak a wab to Johnie o't; For Johnie is my only jo, I loe him best of onie yet.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

I gaed up to Dunse, To warp a wab o’ plaiden, At his daddie’s yett, Wha met me but Robin.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

My mither sent me to the town, To warp a plaiden wab; But the weary, weary warpin o't Has gart me sigh and sab.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

There's the siller," said Duncan, "I got fra yer husband for that wab.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

Young Wellwood 'll gie her silks and satins by the wab, and siller in gowpens.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various