10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DREIGH»
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dreigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
\Vow me, jamie lad, but ye're dreigh i' the draw, \VA'rr Pofl. Skrlcllcs (1880] 45.
Rnt'. [Siller's] easy ware't, whiles ill tae spare't, An' aften dreich tae draw,
NEILSON Forms (1877) 27. Ayr. He's as dreigh o' the drawing as a BeIth witch.
SERVICE ...
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The Works with His Lift by Allan Cunningham. -London, James ...
He drinks wi' Clavers and draunts wi' Cameron.” Scots Say. Dreep. To ooze, to
drop. 1 “ And fuish me out an' laid me down to dreep.” Ross. Dreigh. Tedious,
long about it, lingering. , “ A dreigh drink is better than a dry sermon.” Scots
Saying.
A 0 o', one, an, of, or. - oblige, bind. obowen, above. 0 brode, abroad. ' o chance
sine ochance, by chance, ' of chance, peradventure, perhajas, it may be. o dele, a
devil. _ * 0 deuel, a devil. i o drehi sive o dreigh, aside, away, i draw in sire on.
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Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, (as Illustrated and Improv'd by ...
0 dele, a devil. o deuel, a devil. o drehi sive o dreigh, aside, away, draw in sive
on. & do Pam hold 0 drehi, and draw, _vel force, vel drive, them in sive into hold.
He bad yam alle draw Pam o dreigh. He bid them hll draw themselves away, sive
, ...
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
87, gives 'of the weather: rainy, drizzly'. dreep /dri:p/ n., v., a drip; to drop slowly <
E dial.; dreeping-wet, dripping wet. thoroughly soaked (EDD). dreigh /dre:/ also
dreegh, dreech n., adj., dreariness; tedious, wearisome (cf. ME drie. to suffer, ...
Terence Patrick Dolan, 2006
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The Works: In Four Volumes
And t'uish me out an' laid me down to dreep.” Russ. Dreigh. Tedious, long about it
, lingering. “ A dreigh drink is better than a dry sermon." Scots Saying. Dribble.
Drizzling, trickling. “ An' dribbles 0' drink coming through the rind.” Scots Song.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1835
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The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Draunting, tedious. Dree, endure, suffer. Dreigh, v. dreight- Dribble, drizzle.
Driddle, to toddle. Dreigh, tedious, dull. Droddum, the. GLOSSARY. 597.
Robert Burns, Charles W. Eliot, 2010
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The gentle shepherd. Adorned with cuts, the overtures to the ...
Dowp,The arse, the small remains of a candle, the bottom of an egg- (helk Better
hafi 'egg as toom dowp. Drant, To speak flow, after a sighing manner. Dree , To
suffer, endure. Dreery, Wearisome, frighfuJ. Dreigh, Slow, keeping at distance.
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The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Proverbs
David Macfarlane. Man can adjust to anything except not eating. A todo se
acostumbra el hombre, menos a no comer. — Mexican To the satiated bird,
cherries taste bitter. — Mexican A dreigh drink is better than a dreigh sermon. —
Scottish ...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life
And fuish me out an' laid me down to dreep." Ross. Dreigh. Tedious, long about it
, lingering. " A dreigh drink is better than a dry sermon." Scots Saying. Dribble.
Drizzling, trickling. " An' dribbles o' drink coming through the draff." Scots Song.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1834
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DREIGH»
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dreigh is used in the context of the following news items.
Trillick wind turbine planning appeal succeeds
Hill Power Limited's original application sought to construct at 66m turbine off the Effernan Road, Dreigh, Trillick. The company took the ... «The Ulster Herald, Jun 15»
Merced-area readers reach out with messages of thankfulness
She's my ray of sunshine. She brightens up everyone's day. Dreigh Villareal Rosario: My sobriety! 5 years, 7 months, 7 days clean and sober. «Merced Sun-Star, Nov 14»
