blain

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They faund the dure wide to the wa',   And the peats blawn rosy reid: They war shuneless feet gaed in and oot,   Nor clampit as they gaed.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

The crittur was so busy with her work that she looked as if, though the last trumpet had blawn, she would just have cried, 'I canna come till my ironing's done!'

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

The fire that 's blawn on Beltane e'en, May weel be black gin Yule; But blacker fa' awaits the heart Where first fond luve grows cule.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

"My plaid awa, my plaid away, And owre the hills and far awa, And far awa to Norowa', My plaid shall not be blawn awa."

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

And did, and worked about 2 hours and got to sleep ultimately and 'a' the clouds has blawn away.'

From Vailima Letters by Stevenson, Robert Louis