Lexicographical Neighbors of Troutful
Literary usage of Troutful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"Quair Water, a troutful stream of Traquair parish, Peeblesshire, rising on the
E side of Dun Rig at an altitude of 2100 feet, close to the Selkirkshire ..."
2. A Leisurely Tour in England by James John Hissey (1913)
"... picture of a past-time coaching hostelry; now I believe its patrons are mostly
motorists and anglers; for the latter there is a troutful river at hand, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"The incidents of an European ballad are said to have occurred, for example, at
the meeting-place of Ettrick and Yarrow, or beside the troutful Douglas burn. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"... a sting to-morrow, High priest of 'Maga,' glorious John, The troutful billow
lashing, Himself a grand old trout in floods Of sportive wisdom plashing. ..."
5. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"... except the Exe and its tributaries, have their springs on Dartmoor, and flow
north and south from the main watershed near Cawsand)—" troutful streams," ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1893)
"A pretty, troutful lake, in the upper part of Alness parish, 9^ miles to the N.VV.
of Alness village. Lying feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length ..."
7. Fraser's Magazine (1875)
"Through each dale winds and dashes a true mountain stream, ' troutful ' as the
most eager disciple of Walton can desire, giving life to the green meadows ..."
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