Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
brimstone .
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Examples
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Fill'd fou o 'lowin' brunstane, [full, flaming brimstone]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Spairges about the brunstane cootie, [Splashes, dish]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Horror whaur it stood; the auld, deid, desecrated corp o 'the witch-wife, sae lang keepit frae the grave and hirsled round by deils, lowed up like a brunstane spunk and fell in ashes to the grund; the thunder followed, peal on dirling peal, the rairing rain upon the back
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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An 'at that moment the Lord's ain hand out o' the heevens struck the Horror whaur it stood; the auld, deid, desecrated corp o 'the witch-wife, sae lang keepit frae the grave and hirselled round by deils, lowed up like a brunstane spunk and fell in ashes to the grund; the thunder followed, peal on dirling peal, the rairing rain upon the back
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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He maun smell the brunstane o 'the everlastin' burnin's.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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And yet here's the congregation dwin'lin 'awa', and the church itsel 'like naething but bees efter the brunstane.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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` ` There's no saying anent that --- zeal catches fire at a slight spark as fast as a brunstane match, '' observed the secretary.
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"There's no saying anent that -- zeal catches fire at a slight spark as fast as a brunstane match," observed the secretary.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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"There's no saying anent that -- zeal catches fire at a slight spark as fast as a brunstane match," observed the secretary.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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“There’s no saying anent that — zeal catches fire at a slight spark as fast as a brunstane match,” observed the secretary.
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