Lexicographical Neighbors of Slairg
Literary usage of Slairg
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 Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... S. ; q. as much as one can swallow. V. SLAK. Dan. K/in-t, " a sup." This word »up
seems to correspond with our toup. To slairg, ra To bedaub, &c. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Compare slairg. SLAIN, rust or smut in grain. " Thor's a lot o' slain amang that
wheat." slairg, soft, wet mud, ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Compare slairg. SLAIN, rust or smut in grain. " Thor's a lot o' slain amang that
wheat." slairg, soft, wet mud, ..."
4. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"Rig, ' ridge ' ; 173 place-names in Whig, 'preparation of whey." Wig, 'a tea-cake.'
lime, etc.' slairg, ' soft, wet.' Slog, ' strike with great force. ..."
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