powney

I would like a powney to ride, and to play upon the harpsichord as my mother did when she was young.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

"Tam the powney," he said twice, nodding his head each time he said it; "Tam the powney," and he turned away.

The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885

But she didnae speak plain, ye maun understand; but yam-yammered, like a powney wi 'the bit in its moo.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

I couldna see where he had been hurt; and still, though he groaned but once, I didna think he was dead, and I strove and strove again to lift him upon the back o 'the powney, and take him back to Glanton; but though I fought wi' my heart like to burst a 'the time, I couldna accomplish it.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837

My faither was on a strong mare, and I was on a bit powney; and amang the cattle there was a camstairy three-year-auld bull, that wad neither hup nor drive.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837

I sprang upon the back o 'the powney, and flew up to the town.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Alexander Leighton 1837

Ye will die the death of a cadger's powney, in a wreath of drift! and what can I do better than lie doun and die wi 'you? for ye winna let me win siller to keep either you or mysell leevin.'

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

-- I have a bit powney here, and you have your horse till we get to Marchthorn.

St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801

a bit powney here, and you have your horse till we get to

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

Ye will die the death of a cadger’s powney, in a wreath of drift! and what can I do better than lie doun and die wi’ you? for ye winna let me win siller to keep either you or mysell leevin.’

Redgauntlet 2008