forpit

--- But I was doun at the Trinlay-knowe, as I was saying, about a wee bit business o 'my ain wi' Mattie Simpson, that wants a forpit or twa o 'peers that will never be missed in the Ha'-house --- and when we were at the thrangest o' our bargain, wha suld come in but Pate Macready the travelling merchant? ''

Rob Roy 1887

` ` Aweel, that's your way o 'turning it, and nae doubt ye ken best; but I hae ken'd ye, Davie, send a forpit o' meal to Beersheba when there wasna a bow left in the meal-ark at Woodend; ay, and I hae ken'd ye '' ------

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

Got forpit t'at I should preach revenge over t'e grave of a frient; but the soltier fights none the worse for knowing t'at he has peen injuret in his feelin's, as has certainly peen the case with ourselves.

Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper 1820

“Aweel, that’s your way o’ turning it, and nae doubt ye ken best; but I hae ken’d ye, Davie, send a forpit

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

If a day's labourer refuse to work, ye'll grant a warrant to gar him do out his daurg -- if a wench quean rin away from her hairst, ye'll send her back to her heuck again -- if sae mickle as a collier or a salter make a moonlight flitting, ye will cleek him by the back-spaul in a minute of time -- and yet the damage canna amount to mair than a creelfu 'of coals, and a forpit or twa of saut; and here is a chield taks leg from his engagement, and damages me to the tune of sax thousand punds sterling; that is, three thousand that I should win, and three thousand mair that I am like to lose; and you that ca' yourself a justice canna help a poor man to catch the rinaway?

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

But I was doun at the Trinlay-knowe, as I was saying, about a wee bit business o’ my ain wi’ Mattie Simpson, that wants a forpit or twa o’ peers that will never be missed in the

Rob Roy 2005

-- But I was doun at the Trinlay-knowe, as I was saying, about a wee bit business o 'my ain wi' Mattie Simpson, that wants a forpit or twa o 'peers that will never be missed in the Ha'-house -- and when we were at the thrangest o' our bargain, wha suld come in but Pate Macready the travelling merchant? "

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

"Aweel, that's your way o 'turning it, and nae doubt ye ken best; but I hae ken'd ye, Davie, send a forpit o' meal to Beersheba when there wasna

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

"Aweel, that's your way o 'turning it, and nae doubt ye ken best; but I hae ken'd ye, Davie, send a forpit o' meal to Beersheba when there wasna

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

-- But I was doun at the Trinlay-knowe, as I was saying, about a wee bit business o 'my ain wi' Mattie Simpson, that wants a forpit or twa o 'peers that will never be missed in the Ha'-house -- and when we were at the thrangest o' our bargain, wha suld come in but Pate Macready the travelling merchant? "

Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801