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I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear An' forward, tho' I canna see,[8-15 I guess an' fear FOOTNOTES 5-1] Sleekit means sly 5-2] Brattle means a short race 5-3] A pattle is a scraper for cleaning a plow 6-4] Daimen-icker means an ear of corn occasionally 6-5] A thrave is twenty-four sheaves 6-6] Lave is the Scotch word for remainder 7-7] Foggage is coarse uncut grass 7-8] Snell means sharp 7-9] The coulter is the sharp iron which cuts the sod before the plow 7-10] Hald means a resting place.— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
Robin of Redesdale, -- the pretext, a thrave of corn demanded by the— The Last of the Barons — Volume 07
"The hospital of St. Leonard's has compelled us unjustly to render them a thrave of corn."— The Last of the Barons — Volume 06
Redesdale, -- the pretext, a thrave of corn demanded by the Hospital of— The Last of the Barons — Complete
Carlisle, had from its foundation been endowed with a thrave of corn from every ploughland in Cumberland.— Shakespeare's Family
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