tholing

And with that Margaret came to be speaking to the old one, and for myself I made my way outside to where I could be laughing in comfort, for the sight of Betty's face when she had made up her mind to be tholing a little longer was too much for me.

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

"Margaret," said I, "are there none among the young sparks coming about the place that you could be tholing about ye?"

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

Thrice that night, my dreams being troubled, I awoke and stretched myself to see Billy pacing grimly in the moonlight between us and the gateway, tholing his penance.

Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Some indeed blamed her for not tholing her grief until her husband came back, but not a single heart suspected her of a liaison with her old lover.

A Knight of the Nets Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

On her head she had a tawdry brownish black bonnet, that had not improved from two three years 'tholing of sun and wind; a thin rag of a grey duffle mantle was thrown over her shoulders, below which was a checked shortgown of gingham stripe, and a green glazed manco petticoat.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

On her head she had a tawdry brownish black bonnet, that had not improved from two three years 'tholing of sun and wind; a thin rag of a grey duffle mantle was thrown over her shoulders, below which was a checked shortgown of gingham stripe, and a green glazed manco petticoat.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

At whiles, as my fingers cramped themselves around the handle of the pump, it seemed as though we had been fighting this fight, tholing this misery, gripping the verge of this precipice for years upon years, and this nightmare sat heaviest upon me when the third morning broke and I turned in the sudden blessed sunshine -- but we blessed it not -- and saw what age the struggle had written on my father's face.

Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

"I think I would not be tholing that either, my dear," cried he in a fierce voice, "but the lantern has to be lighted and the fire.

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars