Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shroud or winding-sheet.
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Examples
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“Ou, ay, ay, ay — but a’s forgotten now,” replied Madge, in the confidential tone of a gossip giving the history of her next-door neighbour — “Ye see, I spoke to them mysell, and tauld them byganes suld be byganes — her throat’s sair misguggled and mashackered though; she wears her corpse-sheet drawn weel up to hide it, but that canna hinder the bluid seiping through, ye ken.
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"Ou, ay, ay, ay -- but a's forgotten now," replied Madge, in the confidential tone of a gossip giving the history of her next-door neighbour -- "Ye see, I spoke to them mysell, and tauld them byganes suld be byganes -- her throat's sair misguggled and mashackered though; she wears her corpse-sheet drawn weel up to hide it, but that canna hinder the bluid seiping through, ye ken.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"Ou, ay, ay, ay -- but a's forgotten now," replied Madge, in the confidential tone of a gossip giving the history of her next-door neighbour -- "Ye see, I spoke to them mysell, and tauld them byganes suld be byganes -- her throat's sair misguggled and mashackered though; she wears her corpse-sheet drawn weel up to hide it, but that canna hinder the bluid seiping through, ye ken.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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