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  • Center Ronny Turiaf had six blocks to lead an impressive Knicks defense that held Indiana to 37 percent field-goal shooting and 37 second-half points, the f ewest by a Knicks opponent this season.

    A Victory With Playoff Implications Kevin Clark 2011

  • "Here's your daddie, bairns," said the gudewife ganging till the door; but i 'place o' their daddie, a tall chiel wrappit i 'a big cloak, rushed like a fire flaught into the bield, and drappit doun on the sunkie ewest the ingle droghling and coghling.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

  • ` ` To be sure, they lie maist ewest, '' said the Bailie, wiping

    The Waverley 1877

  • ` ` The same day the Lords of Secret Council being crediblie informed of the cruel and mischeivous proceeding of the wicked Clangrigor, so lang continueing in blood, slaughters, herships, manifest reifts, and stouths committed upon his Hieness 'peaceable and good subjects; inhabiting the countries ewest the brays of the Highlands, thir money years bygone; but specially heir after the cruel murder of umquhill Jo.

    A Legend of Montrose 1871

  • 'To be sure, they lie maist ewest,' [i.e. contiguous] said the Bairie, wiping his eyes, 'and should naturally fa' under the same factory. '

    Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

  • 'To be sure, they lie maist ewest,' said the Bailie, wiping his eyes,

    Waverley Walter Scott 1801

  • 'To be sure, they lie maist ewest,' said the Bailie, wiping his eyes, 'and should naturally fa' under the same factory. '

    Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801

  • 'To be sure, they lie maist ewest,' said the Bailie, wiping his eyes, 'and should naturally fa' under the same factory. '

    Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • “The same day, the Lords of Secret Council being crediblie informed of ye cruel and mischievous proceeding of ye wicked Clangrigor, so lang continueing in blood, slaughters, herships, manifest reifts, and stouths committed upon his Hieness’ peaceable and good subjects; inhabiting ye countries ewest ye brays of ye Highlands, thir money years bybgone; but specially heir after ye cruel murder of umqll Jo.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • ‘To be sure, they lie maist ewest,’ said the Bailie, wiping his eyes, ‘and should naturally fa’ under the same factory.’

    Waverley 2004

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