10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STISHIE»
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stishie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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English Language Word Builder
... CHALLIE CLUDGIE DOOBRIE FLEECIE* GHOULIE NARTJIE PREEMIE
REALTIE SHARPIE SNOTTIE* STISHIE TAILLIE TWINKIE ATELIER FLYTIER
LUTHIER ILE ANDVILE SEXTILE ACRASIN ATEBRIN BRAHMIN CERESINe
COMPLINe ...
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The Edinburgh Companion to Hugh MacDiarmid
Consider, for example, the closing lines of 'Somersault', in which the poet evokes
his delight in 'the stishie / O' Earth in space': The West whuds doon Like the pigs
at Gadara, But the East's aye there Like a sow at the farrow. Sunset and dawn ...
Scott Lyall, Margery Palmer McCulloch, 2011
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A Scots Grammar: Scots Grammar and Usage
... stir steive, a, hard stell, v, prop stent, v,n, extend sterk, a, strong stern, n, star
stert, v,n, start sterve, v, starve stevil, v, stumble stey, v,n, stay stik, v, endure stint,
v, restrict stirrie, n, starling stishie, n, bustle stob, n, stake stot, v,n, bounce stotter,
v, ...
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Hugh MacDiarmid's Poetry and Politics of Place: Imagining a ...
... 'When the warl's couped soon' as a peerie' (CP1, 24); and 'Somersault' from
Penny Wheep wheels in energetic delight over a topsy-turvy modernist universe:
I lo'e the stishie O' Earth in space Breengin' by [rushing] At a haliket pace.
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
... there upby. upbringlng n upfeshin NE. upkeep n keep-up. upright adj (of a
person) upricht. utter standlng upright oweren(d). uproar n stushie, stishie,
stramash, collieshangie. uproot v (by digging) howk. upset v 1 (overturn) cowp,
whummle.
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
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The Chambers Dictionary
[OE stigrap, from sligan to mount, and rap rope] stishie. See stooshte. stitch stick,
n a complete movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, surgery, etc; a loop or
portion of thread, etc, so used; a surgical suture; a mode of stitching or knitting; ...
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The Thistle and the Pen: An Anthology of Modern Scottish Writers
Penny Wheep oolin', crouching fegs, faith ! oon, shell-less, addle ripe, pillage
bike, nest toom, empty doups, ends Somersault I lo'e the stishie O' earth in space
Breengin' by At a haliket pace. stishie, rumpus, hullabaloo Breengin', bursting, ...
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The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Official Report
It is not only in this House that this kind of thing causes what in Scotland is called
a stishie; I expect I will have to spell that. This stishie is from the universities, but
there will be very strong political feeling throughout the country, and it will be ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, 2003
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Selected poems [of] Hugh MacDiarmid
Somersault I lo'e the stishie O' Earth in space Breengin' by At a haliket pace. A
wecht o' hills Gangs wallopin' owre, Syne a whummlin' sea Wi' a gallus glower.
The West whuds doon Like the pigs at Gadara, But the East's aye there Like a
sow ...
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More Englishes: New studies in varieties of English 1988_1994
L snod A wittan L oxtered L scart LAS stishie L yammer LA oy L sclim A stramash
L This selection: L = 35x; A = 24x; S = 4x; G = 4x It must be admitted that the
decision about which words are 'traditional' literary Scots is even more subjective
in ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STISHIE»
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Scottish independence: A layman's glossary
Stooshie doesn't appear in the Scottish National Dictionary. Instead "stashie" - also spelt stashy, stachie or stushie, and even steeshie, steishie or stishie, ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
