gnaw
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Young girl Mouse Haggis Sassenach Whose locks were like the raven, but are now like the snaw, in a much-loved Burns poem?
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2011
It sleeps in the snaw and the cranreuch Wi a cauld cauld plaid to wear.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2010
It is black as pitch," exclaimed Helen, who had risen to draw the bolt; "an' the drift flies sae thick that it feels to the hand like a solid snaw wreath.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
I'm wearing awa', Jean, Like snaw when its thaw, Jean, I'm wearing awa' To the land o' the leal.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
Jamie," said the guidwife, in a tone of gentle remonstrance, "the lad's gotten owre muckle snaw and cauld water already; that's just what's the matter wi' him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
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