10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «CLIPSHEAR»
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clipshear nella seguente selezione bibliografica. Libri associati con
clipshear e piccoli estratti per contestualizzare il loro uso nella letteratura.
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The linguistic atlas of Scotland: Scots section
Scots section J. Y. Mather, H. H. Speitel, G. W. Leslie, Linguistic Survey of
Scotland. Kincardine cont'd Hornie goKl)ach - 12, 15, 17ac, 18,21,24,26-28
Hornie gollack - 17d, 22 Nil - 20 Kinross Clippie - 2 Clipshear — 1-6 Eariewig —
1 Forkietail ...
J. Y. Mather, H. H. Speitel, G. W. Leslie, 1975
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The Essential Scots Dictionary: Scots-English, English-Scots
clipshear clipshear n an earwig, clish v repeat gossip. clish-clash idle talk, gossip
. cflshmaclaver(s) idle talk, gossip; endless talk. clltter-clatter n 1 a rattling,
clattering noise, a continuous crackle. 2 noisy, lively talk, senseless chatter.
clivver see ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 2004
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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
Local usages include bairn a child (where Glasgow has wean), bunce to share,
clipshear an earwig, dobbie/doobie an idiot, doddle a lump of toffee, guttie a
catapult/slingshot, henner a gymnastic feat, hillan a mound, hillock, kip a pointed
hill, ...
Thomas Burns McArthur, Roshan McArthur, 2005
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
2 (of corn etc) aicher, icker sw; (highest) tap pickle. earmark noun, verb (esp (on)
a sheep: see also sheepmark) lug-mark. earring wup. earwig eariwig, forkie(-tail(
ie)), forker SE, golach, hornie golach, gavelock, clipshear, scodgebell SE, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
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English Language Word Builder
... BUTTSTOCK CAMELHAIR CANTORIAL CAUMSTANE CHASEPORT
CHIROLOGY CLEANLILY CLIPSHEAR COMPTROLL CORNSTALK
CRAPSHOOT CROSSFALL CROWSFOOT DEADSTOCK DISCOLOGY
DOUCEPERE DOWNSWING ...
“Shape, or some particular appearance, has had to do with the naming of such
insects as glowworm, dragon-fly, crane-fly or daddy-long-legs, butterfly (from its
castings), and clipshear (Northern name for the ear-wig). The May-fly (a.
marvelous ...
Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, 1919
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Ghosting: A Double Life
I also learned from my father how to drown baby mice in a rain barrel, crush a
clipshear between my thumbnails, and assist in the skinning of a rabbit. My father
believed that skinning a rabbit was a dying art and he took trouble to pass on his
...
When they hear that the French name, perce oreille, refers to the end of the
abdomen, which resembles the pincers formerly used for piercing ears for the
wearing of ear-rings, and that in Scotland the earwig is called a " clipshear," also
from ...
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Scottish Literary Journal
PARLEY OF BEASTS I thank Thee, Lord, for Rupprecht oor Prince And for
clipshear, emmet, and black pishminny; For forms o' life like sae muckle mince,
For a' men see — and a' they dinna; And watch the haill o' the world agog — Like
...
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An introduction to a survey of Scottish dialects
Britons, 20. buffets, “mumps,” 76, 77. clipshear, “earwig,” 43. comparative
approach, 12-16, 18, 36—7,_ 41comparisons, types of, 41-4. contextual
variations in sounds, 57. contrasting phenomena, 41-4, 72-3, 102. Craigie, Sir
W. A., 5. craw, ...
