desiccant

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Weel do I ken," Birsay said, "that siccan ploys are no for the like o' me; but man, ye see, like ither folk, I'm terrible fond o' the siller.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

It’s an awfu’ thing to be your lane at nicht wi’ siccan prodigies o’ darkness; but Mr. Soulis was strong in the Lord.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Ay! and that wad be likely eneuch! for na robber wou'd gae to kill a man wi' siccan a weepon as that," said Rose, who had begun to recover her composure.

From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

His eyes are as a flame o’ fire, and they’ll see richt through siccan rubbish, and burn it up.”

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah

Because I ken ye wadna believe a word o't, it is siccan a strange story.

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