10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISHANTER»
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Bch. They had some allagust that some mishanter had befaln us, FORBES Jrn. (
1743) 16. Abd. I hinna been a Sunday oot o' the kirk till this mis-shanter came o'er
me for sax months, PAUL Abd. (1881) 31. Kcd. The special mishanters occurrin' ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Mishanter fa' me, If ought of thee, or of thy mammy, Shall ever danton me,
BURNS Poet's Weleame to Child, st. I. Lnk. Mischanter lick me wi' a rung!
MuRnocH Don'e Lyre (1873) 44. e.Lth. She was feared some mishanter maun ha'
come ower ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Bch. They had some allagust that some mishanter had befaln us. Fonors _lrn. (
17.12) 16. Abd. I hinna been a Sunday not 0' the kirk till this mis-shanter came o'
er me for Sax months, PAUL Abd. (1881 31. ch.Tl1espcci:1lmisltanters occurrin'
to ...
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The Poetry of Robert Burns: Songs. Unauthorised poems. ...
Mishanter, mishap : ' mishanter fa' me,' ii. 37. 7; 'till some mishanter,' ii. 100. 3.
Mislear'd, mischievous, unmannerly (R. B.); i. 194. 4. See Note, vol. i. 392. Miss't,
mist, missed. Mistak, mistake. Misteuk, mistook. Mither, mother. Monie, many.
Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley, Thomas Finlayson Henderson,
1901
Mischanter, mishanter ; mcchoir, méchant ; (Old Fr. meschanf). It is so great a
mischantress, that it should be horrible not only to our said good sister, but to all
persons whatsoever. — Mary Stuart, vol. vii., p. 105. Mishanter on the auld beard
o' ...
Franco-Scottish Society. Scottish Branch,
1898
2. victim, sufferer; unfortunate, poor unfortunate, wretch, miserable wretch, poor
devil; loser, prey, fortune's fool. 3. accident, mishap, mischance, misfortune,
misadventure, miscarriage, Scot. and North Eng. mishanter, glitch; shock, blow,
nasty ...
Jerome Irving Rodale,
1978
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
mishanter,. mischanter. (mi-shan'ter),. n. [A. dial, corruption of misaunter,
misaventure : see misadventure. The form mischanter is prob. due to association
with mischance.] Misfortune; disaster; an unlucky chance. [Scotch.] mishap (mis-
hap'), n.
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Wilson's historical, traditionary and imaginative tales of ...
Never was there a stancher, firmer fellow than Robert Burns ; an' now that he has
taen a wrang j step, puir chield, that vera stanchness j seems just a weak want o'
ability to yield. He has planted his foot where it I lighted by mishanter, an' a' the ...
John Mackay Wilson, Thomas Brown,
1850
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The Thistle and Fleur de Lys: A Vocabulary of ...
Mischanter, mishanter; me'ehant ,' O.F r. merchant. It is so great a nlz'i'chantress,
that it should be horrible not only to our said good sister, but to all persons
whatsoever.— Mary Stuart, vol. vii. p. 105 (Strickland). Alishanter on the auld
beard 0' ...
Eh, 'Lisbeth, wumman, siccan a mishanter ! Ou, are ye there, Robbie ? Jean and
Kirsty ha'e been speirin' for ye.' ' Ha'e they, Mary ? ' said Robbie. ' Weel, I 'in nae
lost.' 1 But whatna a mishanter speak ye o' ? ' asked 'Lisbeth. ' Dinna ye ken ?