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` ` Na, na, 'answered Andrew, ` ` I took care o that: it wad ill hae set me, that am an artist and half a scholar to my trade, to be fighting amang a wheen kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abee in the

Rob Roy 1887

I'll mak Cathkin's covenant wi 'you, Let abee for let abee.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

Contrary to all expectation, however, the laird showed fight, and was about to commence the onslaught, when a parley was proposed, and the issue was, “Cathkin's covenant, Let abee for let abee.”

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

ABEE -- _to let abee_, to let alone; not to meddle with.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Alexander Leighton 1837

"Na, na," answered Andrew, "I took care o 'that: it wad ill hae set me, that am an artist and half a scholar to my trade, to be fighting amang a wheen kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abee in the Latin tongue."

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

"Na, na," answered Andrew, "I took care o 'that: it wad ill hae set me, that am an artist and half a scholar to my trade, to be fighting amang a wheen kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abee in the Latin tongue."

Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

Hackstoun of Rathillet keepit the brig wi 'mustket and carabine and pike, sword and scythe for what I ken, and we horsemen were ordered down to cross at the ford, -- I hate fords at a' times, let abee when there's thousands of armed men on the other side.

The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801

After a long night with coughs and running nose, my fever is gone … still tired, but i had to HAD TO go and try napkit. 6ag ib rase o khalas 3antart abee its food.

Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

“No believe what an honest woman says — let abee to say twa

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

Eugene Volokh • August 26, 2004 9:12 pm seems to be saving the day — or ruining it, depending on whether you’re human or abee.

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