brunstane

Fill'd fou o 'lowin' brunstane, [full, flaming brimstone]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

Spairges about the brunstane cootie, [Splashes, dish]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

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

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

He maun smell the brunstane o 'the everlastin' burnin's.

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

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

` ` 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 1822

"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

"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

“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 2007