10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELTITH»
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meltith in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
meltith and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Comb, (i) Meltith-buird, a table on which meals are served ; (a) -hale, having a
good appetite. (i) Sc. Yer weans round about yer meltith-buird sal grow like the
olive wands, WADDELL Ps. (1871) cxviii. 3. (a) Rnf. To see gin a' be meltith hale.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
(oi Rnf. To see gin a' be meltith hale, An' thrang at wark, CLARK Rhymes (1842)
19. 3. Phr. (I) a greedy guts ne'er ot a gude meltilh, greed never prospers ; (2) a
hearty han i0 give a hungry mellith, an expression used to describe a mggardly ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
2. Comb. (1) Meltith-buird, a table on which meals are served ; (2) -11a1e, having
a good appetite. (1) Se. Yer weans round about yer meltith-buird sal grow like the
olive wands, \Vnnocu. Ps. (1371) cxviii. 3. t2 Rnf. To see gin a' be meltith hale, ...
1 Cf. with Broth and Malt the word meltith in the following passage: " If ye be
thinking of the wreck wood that the callants brought in yesterday, there was six
unces of it gaed to boil your parritch this morning, though I trow a iii* man wad
have ...
Tarn lo'ed his meltith ' and his clink 3 As weel as any in the nation, He took his
pipe, he drank his drink, But that was nought against salvation. But were a' the
sants and slaves o' sin Opposed in rank an' raw thegither, Tam ne'er did aught to
...
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier,
1855
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Third period - From Dryden to Cowper
14 'Meltith:' meal. — □ 13 ' Synd : ' drink. — 16 ' Downa : ' should not. VOL. III. 0
209 Wi' butter'd bannocks now the girdle1 reeks; • I' the 1640-1800.] THE LESS-
KNOWN BRITISH POETS. [FERGUSSON. The Fanner's Ingle • • -209.
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English dialects from the eighth century to the present day
Weel kens the gudewife that the ploughs require A heartsome meltith, and
refreshing synd C nappy liquor, o'er a bleezing fire; Sair wark and poortith downa
weel be join'd. Wi' buttered bannocks now the girdle reeks; I' the far nook the
bowie ...
Walter William Skeat,
1912
Tam lo'ed his meltith 2 and his clink s As weel as any in the nation, He took his
pipe, he drank his drink, But that was nought against salvation. But were a' the
sants and slaves o' sin Opposed in rank an' raw thegither, Tam ne'er did aught to
...
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier, James Hogg,
1864
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. ...
3 Weel kens the gudewife, that the pleughs require A heartsome meltith,14 an'
refreshin' synd15 0' nappy liquor, owre a bleezin' fire : Sair wark an' poortith
downa16 weel be joined. Wi' butter'd bannocks now the girdle1 reeks ; F the.
Weel kens the gudewife that the pleughs require A heartsome meltith ... thatched
weet wet 12 trufs turfs 13 smeek smoke 15 halland inner screen between door
and fireplace 17 cosh cosy 19 pleughs ploughmen 20 meltith meal synd drink 21
...
Christopher Maclachlan,
2010