deoch

Waverley, what they technically called deoch an doruis, a stirrup-cup, to the honour of the Baron's roof-tree.

The Waverley 1877

Luckie Macleary's the Lairds of Balmawhapple and Killancureit declared their determination to acknowledge their sense of the hospitality of Tully-Veolan by partaking, with their entertainer and his guest Captain Waverley, what they technically called deoch an doruis, a stirrup-cup, [Footnote 2: See Note 10] to the honour of the Baron's roof-tree.

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Luckie Macleary's the Lairds of Balmawhapple and Killancureit declared their determination to acknowledge their sense of the hospitality of Tully-Veolan by partaking, with their entertainer and his guest Captain Waverley, what they technically called deoch an doruis, a stirrup-cup, [Footnote 2: See Note 10] to the honour of the Baron's roof-tree.

Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

Balmawhapple and Killancureit declared their determination to acknowledge their sense of the hospitality of Tully-Veolan by partaking, with their entertainer and his guest Captain Waverley, what they technically called deoch an doruis, a stirrup-cup, [Footnote 2: See Note 10] to the honour of the Baron's roof-tree.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801

Balmawhapple and Killancureit declared their determination to acknowledge their sense of the hospitality of Tully – Veolan by partaking, with their entertainer and his guest Captain Waverley, what they technically called deoch an doruis, a stirrup-cup,30 to the honour of the Baron’s roof-tree.

Waverley 2004

When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an doruis, that is, the drink at the door, or the stirrup-cup, the draught was not charged in the reckoning.

Waverley 2004

When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an doruis, that is, the drink at the door, or the stirrup-cup, the draught was not charged in the reckoning.

The Waverley 1877

The Bailie, on this admission, solemnly adjudged the cow's drink to be _deoch an doruis_ --- a stirrup-cup, for which no charge could be made, without violating the ancient hospitality of Scotland.

The Waverley 1877

[142] The proper orthography of this expression is deoch-an-doruis

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

When the landlord of an inn presented his guests with deoch an doruis, that is, the drink at the door, or the stirrup-cup, the draught was not charged in the reckoning.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801