Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wooden milk-pail.
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Examples
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LEGLIN-GIRTH, the lowest hoop on a leglin, or milk-pail.
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LEGLIN-GIRTH, the lowest hoop on a leglin, or milk-pail.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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25A leglin-girth is the lowest hoop upon a leglin, or milk-pail.
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Huntinglen, the departed Countess of this noble earl, ganging a wee bit gleed in her walk through the world; I mean in the way of slipping a foot, casting a leglin-girth, or the like, ye understand me?”
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[Footnote: A leglin-girth is the lowest hoop upon a _leglin_, or milk - pail.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
sionnach commented on the word leglin
a milking pail.
At buchts, in the mornin', nae blithe lads are scornin',
The lasses are lanely, and dowie and wae,
Nae daffin', nae gabbin', but sighin' and sabbin',—
Ilk ane lifts her leglin and hies her away.
Elliot : The Flowers of the Forest.
April 25, 2009