Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.), Prov. Eng. & Scot. A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp.
Agrostis Spica-ventis .
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- noun Alternative form of
windlestraw .
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Examples
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It's the wanton steed that scaurs at the windlestrae.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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"Aye, aye, maister," said he; "an 'pray what div ye ca' this bit windlestrae that's appearing here?"
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg 1802
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"And you, Alexander Kippen, puir windlestrae, the Lord shall thresh ye like ill-grown corn in the day of His wrath.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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"Ghaist! my certie, I shall ghaist them -- if they had their heads as muckle on their wark as on their daffing they wad play na sic pliskies -- it's the wanton steed that scaurs at the windlestrae.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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