10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DREICH»
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
A tea-pot, Gl. Picken, S.O. This seems to be merely a corr. of Track-jxU, q. v.
DREICH, Dueegh, adj. 1. Slow, lingering, S.l Add; Dreich o' drarvin', a very
common phrase, applied to one who is slow in making ready to move from a
place, who ...
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
L. 2. DREGGLE, s. A small drop of any liquid, S. Synon. Dribble. Su. G. dregg,
dregs ; dregel, saliva. To DREGLE, Draigle, v.n. To be tardy in motion or action, S
. ; synon. dratch, druttle. This has the same origin with Dreich, q. v. DREG-POT, «.
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
DREICH, Drekoh, adj. 1. Slow, S. Ross. 2. Tedious ; wearisome, S. Montgomerie,
3. Denoting distance of situation. Ritson. — Goth. drig, driug-r, prolixus. DREICH,
Dbboh. On dreick, adv. 1. At a slow pace. Douglas. 2. At a distance. Bellenden.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
A dreich road, S. In this sense A. Bor. dree is used ; " long, seeming tedious
beyond expectation, spoken of a way," Ray. The craig was ugly, stay and dreich.
* Cherrie and She, St. 26. Said to be dreich, because of the little progress Blade
in ...
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
This seems to be merely a corr. of [rackpot, q. v. DREICH, Daason, s. A stunted,
dwarfish person, Roxb.; merely the provincial pron. of Droich, q. v. DRElCl-I,
DREEGH, adj. 1. Slow, S. Ross. 2. Tedious; wearisome, S. flfontgomerie. 3.
Denoting ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
DREICH, DREEGH, mil'. 1. Slow, lingering, S. -— She was not sae skeegh, Nor
wi' her answer very blate or r/recgh. Ross's Helenore, p. 38. “ The East,” it is said,
S. O.- “ is a very drcegh airt ;” i. e. when rain- falls' out from the cast, it generally ...
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Intelligibility in World Englishes: Theory and Application
53): The Scots language is especially rich in words to do with the weather: “
dreich” and “smirr” are only two of them. Rebus twice had to ... call in for
instructions, both times queuing outside phone boxes in the rain. Only it wasn't
real rain, it was ...
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Freya's Chosen: Guardians of the Grove Book 2
“He says his name is Dreich and he also says that we share a common enemy.”
Fianna had Bettany to ask him how he thought he knew their enemy to which he
replied “the Sorginak are the enemy of all free peoples.” “Ask him if he is armed”
...
Ic faicsin a. dreichi 193; do dreich an talman 4289; da.r dreich 196; tar dreith 914;
ar dreich thalman 4265, 4270. drem f. crowd, band, some. Desid each drem 2640
; rofagbaid drem re dorus 4090; rabadar drem 4091, 4104, 6, 4132; delba. no ...
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A Small Death in the Great Glen: A Novel
Cloudscapes of great beauty highlighted the fourseasonsinoneday phenomenon
that was called weatherin Scotland, but often itwas dreich for days, sometimes
weeks, onend. “Dreich, I like that word,” Peter had said whenitwas explained to ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DREICH»
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dreich is used in the context of the following news items.
Bandon Dunes offers wee bit of golf on Oregon's coastline
Walking up the 18th fairway of Bandon Trails, I cannot shake the phrase “fair dreich” from my head, a Scots idiom I'd first heard some 20 years ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
Rain washes away hopes of sunny start to summer holiday
In Forres, heavyweights, athletes, Highland dancers and pipers will brave the dreich day to entertain the crowds at Grant Park this afternoon. «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
Travel: Eurocamping in Italy
We could almost feel ourselves relax as we began to succumb to the spike in temperature from the dreich Glasgow we had left behind only ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
Report finds working fewer hours makes people happy
Travelling by bus resulted in the second happiest commuters, while walking came third, despite the dreich Scottish weather. Unsurprisingly, the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
Round the rurals and clubs
Despite a “gey dreich and rainy day” , Rotary President, Mike Robson, said he had never seen so many drookit smiling faces. The initial sum ... «Mearns Leader, Jun 15»
The Ghillies Lair: Great Southern Road, Aberdeen
A SUMMER'S evening by the River Dee – nippy, dreich and spitting with rain – was even sending the ducks for shelter. So what better place to ... «Aberdeen Evening Express, Jun 15»
This week's television highlights
It doesn't seem right to be greeting Wimbledon in this dreich weather. The sound of tennis rallies popping away on the TV should always be ... «The National, Jun 15»
Family fun at Gilbertson Park gala
The dreich weather on Saturday did not deter crowds from going to the Lerwick Gala in Gilbertson Park, hosted by Lerwick Scouts. There was ... «Shetland Times Online, Jun 15»
One more tune: Clubbers and artists join together in …
At the Save the Arches protest outside Glasgow City Council offices on a dreich Friday morning, the chant seemed to hold a resonance greater ... «CommonSpace, Jun 15»
'Steep learning curve' awaits rookie Bradley Neil
On a pretty dreich day, the Cairngorms were shrouded in low cloud for the pro-am. It's a scene that has become all too familiar at this event and ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
