- a variation of wite.
wyte
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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And I'll hae to beir a' the wyte o' 't.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
“My niece will wyte on people of doubtful conduck over my dead corpse.”
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
The wyte o' war is at kings' doors.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I'm goin' ter wyte about 'ere till the lidy comes....
From Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show by F. Anstey
“That’s somethink madam’d ’ave to wyte and see.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
"That's the Reiver's mother," said one of the Elliots; "she's ten times waur than himsell, and is wyted for muckle of the ill he does about the country."
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
Ye may thank your stars, Jack, that ye hae ne'er been guilty o' the foul things that he's wyted wi'.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
S'y, we never wyted to hear no more, but hyked awye hot foot.
From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris
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