ferlie

Here they come up the road, troops and troops of them, all so bright in the ferlie green; an 'sure, "with a little catch of merriment," sure, they've no toes on their feet at all!

Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

I hae ken'd mony an honest man wadna hae ventured this length without he had made his last will and testament --- Mattie had ill-will to see me set awa 'on this ride, and grat awee, the sillie tawpie; but it's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit.' '

Rob Roy 1887

Did ever mortal man hear tell o 'sic a ticklin' ferlie

Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871

"Suld ha 'sent it in the 1st of April, an' no the 10th; a 'fool's day wud ha' suited wi 'it ferlie!"

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847

Ne'er break out o 'kind to gar your friends ferlie at you.

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

"Mattie had ill will to see me set awa on this ride, and grat awee, the silly tawpie; but it's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit."

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

It's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit.

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

I hae ken’d mony an honest man wadna hae ventured this length without he had made his last will and testament — Mattie had ill-will to see me set awa’ on this ride, and grat awee, the sillie tawpie; but it’s nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit.”

Rob Roy 2005

o 'makin friens again, hee'l streek an' pat him, an 'peek the ferlie oot o' his hurdles; an 'then when we're a' ready for gannin awa, to be sure what a dirdum an 'stramash do they twa keek up; an' then aff they flee like the deevil in a gale o 'wind, an' are oot o 'sicht before ye can say owr the border an' far awa.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various

I hae ken'd mony an honest man wadna hae ventured this length without he had made his last will and testament -- Mattie had ill-will to see me set awa 'on this ride, and grat awee, the sillie tawpie; but it's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit. "

Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801