Definition of Abeigh

1. Adverb. (context: Scotland) Cautiously aloof. ¹

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Definition of Abeigh

1. aloof [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abeigh

abecedaria
abecedarians
abecedaries
abecedarium
abecedarius
abecedariuses
abecedary
abecediaries
abecediary
abecedism
abecedisms
abed
abediterol
abegge
abegging
abeigh (current term)
abele
abeles
abelia
abelian
abelian group
abelian groups
abelianisation
abelianization
abelianized
abelianness
abelias
abelisaur
abelisaurid
abelisaurids

Literary usage of Abeigh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... now extinct, who had their erat at abeigh or ... now settled at abeigh, remarkable for their attention to religion ; the house of Jumblatt or ..."

2. Vernacular Writings of George Buchanan by George Buchanan (1892)
"Town's bodies ran an' stood abeigh, Cf. also Fergusson— An' ca't thee mad."—L1. 43-48. " But Cout wad let nae body steer him, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... now settled at abeigh, remarkable for their attention to religion ; the house of Jumblatt or ... 1180), whose shrine at abeigh is ..."

4. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"abeigh—Aloof, shy, &c. ... abeigh ; means, she fought shy, that her affections were not easy to gain ..."

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