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Definition of Aglee
1. agley [adv] - See also: agley
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aglee
Literary usage of Aglee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"Those, too, who follow what nature never intended them to follow, are said to
guide the genius aglee. AHIN—Behind. The same with Ahint. AIKS o' KIRKCONNEL. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Gley, to squint; aglee or ... The best-laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft aglee.
—BURNS : To a Mouse. ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"38. AGG, a grudge, a spite.—Halliwell's Diet. aglee, awry. " A gleed eye is a
crooked eye. ... His neet-cap thrawn on a' aglee. ..."
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