10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMEGATE»
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somegate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
somegate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
... (law-)agent, writer, advocate ABERDEEN. solid adj (of things) sonsie; (of bread
) sad; (of a meal) hertsome sw. soive v (a problem) redd (up). some pronoun (a
few) a wheen. somehow somewey, somegate. some time ago a while back, a file
...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
... lane, waff. be solitary hoolet. solve (a problem) redd (up). sombre mirkie. some
see few. somehow somewey, somegate. something sumhin. some time ago a
while back, a file back NE, a while syne, a file seen NE. sometimes whiles,
whilom, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
take shelter somegate for the night hefore ye get to the rnuirs, and keep yourscll
in hiding till the grey o' the morning, and then you may find your way through the
Drake Moss. When I heard the awfu' threatenings o' the oppressors, I e'en took ...
4
The Works of Walter Scott, Esq
_. g .3 “To a very decent merchant, a cousin o' my _ain, a Mrs Glass, sir, that sells
sunll and tobacco, at the sign o' the Thistle, somegate in the town.” 1-?Jganie
cottgmnicated this intelligence with a feeling that a connection so respectable ...
5
Passages in the life of mrs. Margaret Maitland [by M.O. ...
"And there's the strange man, Miss Grace," said Jenny ; " he'll no bide to get a
meal o' meat, for he says he maun meet his maister, somegate up the country the
nicht, and he's wanting to ken if you have ony word." Grace started up, and got
her ...
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant, Margaret Maitland (fict. name.), 1849
6
Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
I've heard say there's aye a great fire somegate in London, and folk aye troop to
see a fire — but then they never happen but at night. My patience ! what can it be
? " Whatever it is, Menie's eye has caught something less distant, which wakes ...
7
Tales Of My Landlord. The Monastery
The night's very dark,” said Hobbie, rising and looking through the casement of
the cottage; “and, to speak truth, and shame the de'il, though Elshie's a real
honest fallow, yet somegate I wad rather take day-light wi' me when I gang to visit
him.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Somegate about the Laigh CaU ton, I am thinking." Heart of Mid Lothian, ii. 196.
Houffie, adj. Snug ; applied to a place, Roxb. ; q. affording a good houff or haunt.
HOUGGY STAFF, an iron hook for hawling fish into a boat ; Shetl. Dan. hagc, Su.
To a very decent merchant, a cousin o' my ain, a Mrs. Glass, sir, that sells snuff
and tobacco, at the sign o' the Thistle, somegate in the town." Jeanie
communicated this intelligence with a feeling that a connection so respectable
ought to give ...
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Tales of My Landlord: Second Series : in Four Volumes
a It wad hae been dearly telling him that he had ne'er seen \iVilson's face.» _ a 'l'
hat's very true that you are saying, Efiie,r said Sharpitlaw. a\\'here was't that
Robertson and you were used to howff thegither? Somegate about the Laigh
Calton, ...
