sark

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Broad was her headgear, a brooch on her breast; She wore trailing sashes and a blue-dyed sark.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

I tied it in the tail o' my sark for safety.

From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Watson, Robert

“I’se seek nae guids, gear, bond, nor mark; I use nae beddin’, shoon, nor sark; But a cogfu’ o’ brose ’tween the licht an’ the dark Is the wage o’ Aiken-drum.”

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

The firsten bower that he came till, There was right dowie wark; Her mither and her three sisters145 Were makin' to Annie a sark.

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

Then loud, loud cry'd the Clerk Colvill, "O my head it pains me sair;" "Then take, then take," the maiden said, 25 "And frae my sark you'll cut a gare."

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