laigh

[99] The Edinburgh oyster-cellars were called laigh shops.

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

The upshot of the conference was that Weir was secretly led to a "laigh" cellar in the house of Warriston, to await the appointed time for the execution of the murder.

She Stands Accused 1935

Jess was said to look not unkindly on Ebie Farrish, the younger ploughman who had recently come to Craig Ronald from one of the farms at the "laigh" end of the parish.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

Of this locality, now considerably changed in its character, but still endeared to him by the associations of his boyhood, he has given a graphic description in a poem, in which he records some of the cherished recollections of the days when amid its "howffs," and "laigh" half-doored shops he "gat schulin 'and sport."

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

And when the earth doom'd her in laigh nook to dern,

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

And soon we'll lie laigh; but aboon we 've a Frien ',

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

Herry the louns o 'the laigh countree, [Harry, rascals, low]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

It's a lang, laigh, mirk chalmer, perishin 'cauld in winter, an' no very dry even in the top o 'the simmer, for the manse stands near the burn.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

They flew laigh and heavy, an 'squawked to ither as they gaed; and it was clear to Mr. Soulis that something had put them frae their ordinar.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

Only Ebie Fairrish, struck to the heart by the inconstancy of Jess, removed at the November term back again to the "laigh end" of the parish, and there plunged madly into flirtations with several of his old sweethearts.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887