wauk
1 Britishverb
verb
Etymology
Origin of wauk
C15: variant of walk
Example Sentences
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I. Whan I sleep I dream, Whan I wauk I’m eerie, Sleep I canna get, For thinkin’ o’ my dearie.
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
Nothing can be simpler and finer than “When I sleep, I dream; When I wauk, I’m eerie.”
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
Eh, gien he wud but wauk up, what a man he would mak!
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
"Dinna ye meddle wi' things, John, 'at ye dinna un'erstan'; ye may wauk i' the wrang box!" said the old man.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
When I sleep I dream, When I wauk I’m eerie; Sleep I can get nane For thinking on my dearie.
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
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