Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
good . - noun A Scotch form of
God .
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Examples
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He has ta'en and placed you here, for your ain gude I trust, – I'm sure it's for the gude of us a ', – and if ye haena a' things ye wad wish, Miss Ellen, ye hae Him; dinna forget that, my ain bairn.
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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If God calls ye to the ministry, ye 'ill no refuse, an' the first day ye preach in yir ain kirk, speak a gude word for Jesus
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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It's nae sin to tak a gude price, but in gieing ill measure.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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I doubt bed's the best place for 'un, an' gude 'ot drink.
Complete Plays of John Galsworthy John Galsworthy 1900
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I doubt bed's the best place for 'un, an' gude 'ot drink.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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I doubt bed's the best place for 'un, an' gude 'ot drink.
A Bit O' Love John Galsworthy 1900
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The ambiguous _u_'s in "gude" and "sune" are admitted, because far liker the sound than the double _o_ would be, and that in "hure," for grace 'sake, to soften the word; so also "flaes" for
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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The "gude" man of the house was spending the evening with a neighbour; but poached eggs and a rasher of bacon, accompanied with a flagon of sparkling ale, gave our guest no occasion to doubt the hospitality of the house, on account of the absence of its master.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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He’s a brave lad, and a bonny, and a gentleman of a good fortune, and they winna string the like o’ him up as they do the puir whig bodies that they catch in the muirs, like straps o’ onions; maybe his uncle will bring him aff, or maybe your ain grand-uncle will speak a gude word for him — he’s weel acquent wi’
Old Mortality 2004
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"Noo, my leddy, tak a gude grip o 'my han', an 'as I lift ye, gie
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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