Lexicographical Neighbors of Claught
Literary usage of Claught
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer by John Aikin (1843)
"... But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And
left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Sae, ye observe that a' this clatter Thou maks the gossips clatter bright, .
Scotch Drink. 12. ' Tarn Samson's dead ! . Tom Samsons El.. claught [snatched ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"I then made a claught wi' my hands at the gravel. ... When I made the loup,"
continued Cuthbert, " poor Anderson made a claught at the tail o' my coat. ..."
4. One Hundred Narrative Poems edited by George E. Teter (1918)
"Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail: The
carlin 96 claught 97 her by the rump ... claught. Clutched. 95. Ettle. Effort. ..."
5. Sir Walter Scott: The Story of His Life by Robert Shelton Mackenzie (1871)
"Whar's the auld claught wi' red and blue ? Whar's Jamie Lang ? and whar's John Doo ?
And whar's the Weigh-House V Deil hae't ! I see but what is new, ..."
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