sark
Example Sentences
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They leave not spindle, spoon, nor speit, Bed, blanket, bolster, sark, nor sheet, John o’ the Park Rypes kist and ark; For all sic wark He is richt meet.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
"Tak ye aff my Holland sark, And rive it gair by gair, And row it in my bluidy wounds,25 And they'll ne'er bleed nae mair."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
He keepit naething on but his inside sark, an' his drawers, an' a pair o' slippers, an' aff he set to rin ootby to the targets an' back.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
“Out went Sigurd From that interview Into the hall of kings, Writhing with anguish; So that began to start The ardent warrior’s Iron-woven sark Off from his sides.”
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
Then she's gi'ed him a little bane-knife, And frae her sark he cut a share; She's ty'd it round his whey-white face, But ay his head it aked mair.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
