Lexicographical Neighbors of Eassil
Literary usage of Eassil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Rather eassil, softened from £a»tU. ... eassil, adv. Towards the east, Roxb.
eassil, adj. Easterly, ibid. ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"A course of sheaves projecting a little at the easin, to keep the rain from
getting in, Clydes. eassil, adt. Towards the east, Roxb. ..."
3. The Family by Helen Dendy Bosanquet (1906)
"... there dwelt, in the memory of man, four inhabitants called Andrew, or Dandie,
Oliver. They were distinguished as Dandie eassil-gate, Dandie Wassil-gate, ..."
4. Guy Mannering: Or the Astrologer by Walter Scott (1878)
"... in the memory of man, four inhabitants, called Andrew, or Dandie, Oliver.
They were distinguished as Dandie eassil-gate, Dandie Wassil-gate, ..."
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