Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch spelling of
scathe .
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Examples
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South, east, and west, we had friendly frontiers; only to the north were menace and danger, and from the north came our scaith -- the savage north and jealous.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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"Do you warrant me free of scaith?" asked the young laird.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Belovd of God! Shield thy dear Church from the impending scaith, 35
The Celtic Cross 1895
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Women are very devils, made to work us dole and death; Refuge I seek with God Most High from all their craft and scaith.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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Women are very devils, made to work us dole and death; Refuge I seek with God Most High from all their craft and scaith.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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Baron, "Nor scaith nor harm from fire or water shall ever touch these walls."
A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters Mary Anne 1871
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Shall meet, through your failure, or peril or scaith.
Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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Many a gallant soldier escaped from Waterloo with less scaith -- and that they did.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Many a gallant soldier escaped from Waterloo with less scaith -- and that they did.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Save that a wight had wrought him scaith and shame,
Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1503
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