alate

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Ye had better hae letten him alane; for od, ye ken, he's the deevil of a body that ever was made!

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

If you'll only bide at hame and keep your whist anent a' public matters, you'll be left alane.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

And he was riding burd alane, On a horse as black as jet; But tho' she followed him fast and fell, 40 No nearer could she get.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

I'm aff wi' wit, and beauty will fade, And blood alane is no worth a shilling; But she that's rich, her market's made, For ilka charm aboot her's killing.'

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

Let them only leave his ’45 pike alane, and they might take a’ the trouts in the stream.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Stables, Gordon