10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIRSTIE»
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Place Names in Much of North-East Scotland
... Kn), Scots Hirstie or Hirsally an adjective for dry stony soil, Hirst barren
unproductive ground, usually a knoll or ridge, so Hirstly Hirst is double emphasis
(The) Rough Meadows (OS, F rox) Rough Meadows Burn (Ai), Rough Meadow
Burn (T) ...
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
... wind) hard; (parched, shrivelled) gizzen; (dry and brittle) freuch NE; (of soil)
hirstie; (thoroughly, of clothes etc) hert-dry NE, horn-dry, threid-dry. v (by wiping
or rubbing) dicht; (clothes (partially) in open air) haizer; (fish, ham etc) reest; (
peats, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
... (of wind) druchtie NE, hard NE; (parched, shrivelled) gizzen; (dry and brittle)
freuch NE; (of wood etc) funseless CAITHNESS; (of touch, taste) hask; (stale)
haskie; (of soil) hirstie; (thoroughly, of clothes etc) hert-dry NE, horn-dry, threid-
dry, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Gr hislos and histion a web] histie Same as hirstie. history hisi'»r-i, n an account
of an event; a systematic account of the origin and progress of the world, a nation,
an institution, a science, etc; the knowledge of past events; the academic ...
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History of the Yiddish Language
... lyp, with the addition of a "silent" aleph (elaborated on under "Old Yiddish-
Spelling"), and at a later stage the name began to be pronounced with two
syllables in accordance with the written form; or Lipe, just like Bere, Hirstie, etc. (
which ...
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Journal of the Society of Arts
... I'n " 1554. P. McGregor. 1S94. G. H. Daw. 1616. W. Perks. 1603. T.Turner. 1566
. W.& J. Harrison, J.Oddic, and W. Parkinson. 1573. W. Worby. 1609. J. A.
Ransome. 1595. C. II. Hudson. 1585. J. Ireland. 1606. J.HirstiE.D^ 1611. J. Hirst
and J.
The lannart lassie wesna blate, An said: 'Jist tak the furrit gait! An seen ye'll finn
Glen Fassach's hirstie mosses. Folia the winnlin sloch ennlang, A muckle cairn
ye'll see or lang; An syne ye'll goam, as on ye gang, Twa staunin steens wi unco
...
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Indian Science Abstracts
HIRSTIE- LL1 MADRAS PTILOPHYLLUM ANATOMY OF PTILOPHYLLUM
SAHNI SP NOV FROM MIDDLE JURASSIC OF RAJMAHAL HILL S PTYAS
MUCOSUS CARTILAGINOUS SUPPORT IN THE HEART OF HABITS OF
MITOTIC ANO ...
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Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
íÍTfT 4>T 4^RT¡ л. hirrient arf/ ÍTnrr |згг (СЧТЧП'); л. irrt gf згт^га hirsel л. *Tf fri il?,
^*; Цъ, 4)f ; îirf чп Ч5тт; v./. чай îr íten hirsle v./. (Scot.) HT+HI, Г<аГ«+Н1, ЬрП; «tí.
4>ll, t%*T-faH 4>T ЧМНТ hirstie arf/ (obs. Scot.) Чрт, ílT?T, ?3fT hirsute adj.
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... effete, meagre 07 hirstie, sterile, useless 08 desolate, infecund, teemless 09
childless, fruitless, infertile, pointless, unbearing, valueless 10 profitless, unfruitful
, unprolific11 purposeless, uninspiring, unrewarding 12 inhospitable,
uncultivable, ...
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