All descriptions of linen, except the "oatcake" and "sailcloth," can be embroidered in the hand. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Embroidery] Reference
He bit into a chunk of oatcake, and swung to Agwaine. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk Eternal]
He lifted an oatcake, sniffed at it, and set it down again. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
"Find the green bottle, please, " I said, nibbling at the dry oatcake. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
The bosses = those who were last on the frontline in 1900 and oatcake. From Wordnik.com. [Will The Real Inspector Gadget Please Stand Up! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Now his colour came back a little, and he nibbled at the oatcake and cheese. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
There are pickled eels in the tub and some of last night's oatcake in the pantry. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
Or extra money from a Scottish oatcake, those odd, fodder-tasting cakes they fancied. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
In the end I decided that my oatmeal bannock was not far removed from a giant oatcake. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
They have wine and spices and fair bread, and we oatcake and straw, and water to drink. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
In Wales and Scotland, an oatcake was divided into equal parts and one piece blackened. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Within, the drink was running to its dregs, and piles of oatcake farls lay yet untouched. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
I have to say I am totally addicted to oatcakes, so a giant oatcake is my idea of heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Oatmeal Bannock (Scones Part 1)] Reference
When mixed he adds a little salt, pepper, and butter, and eats it with or without oatcake. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes] Reference
Should the barrels that contain oatcake be used for salted fish or for aging the green-juice brandy?. From Wordnik.com. [The Towers of the Sunset]
Breakfast was a sorry affair, with the last of the oatcake biscuits being shared by Sufia, Pharis and Conalin. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Warriors]
She then provided us with some hot milk and oatcake, and something we had never tasted before, which she called. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
Place them, and the oatcake platter, on the little table in between your favourite chairs in front of an open fire. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
I love getting into the semantics of what is a scone as opposed to a bannock as opposed to... say, a giant oatcake!. From Wordnik.com. [Oatmeal Bannock (Scones Part 1)] Reference
Just before nightfall Badraig halted the column, spotting something to the right of the track; it was a half-eaten oatcake. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk Eternal]
Similar scuffles occur over the origins of the Anzac biscuit, a kind of sweet oatcake that more likely developed from a Scottish staple. From Wordnik.com. [Lamingtons] Reference
She had plates of curly oatcake and powdery farles. From Wordnik.com. [The Northern Iron] Reference
McWhinus across the temple with an oatcake and killed him. From Wordnik.com. [Nonsense Novels] Reference
He had oatcake in his sporran, and I a flask of usquebaugh. From Wordnik.com. [Audrey] Reference
And they all supped on fried potatoes, cheese, oatcake and jam!. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth's Campaign] Reference
I ate for supper most of the braxy ham and oatcake I had brought from. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
She set a plate of oatcake and a jug of buttermilk on the table before. From Wordnik.com. [The Northern Iron] Reference
The dinner ended with cheese and oatcake, accompanied by a few small glasses of. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern] Reference
Marcella had taken her piece of oatcake and cheese at supper-time out to the door. From Wordnik.com. [Captivity] Reference
Goodchild, highly approving, entered the Innkeeper's house, to drink whiskey and eat oatcake. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices] Reference
He would have died any moderately painless death rather than say, "The oatcake and water-keg.". From Wordnik.com. [Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895] Reference
I ate the oatcake and cheese the old wife had given me and set out again just before the darkening. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty-Nine Steps] Reference
Big City Diner's oatcake and the Oceanarium's custard pie, both handy to have as the holidays approach. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
Kirsty in vain begged him to have some breakfast first: he took a piece of oatcake in his hand and went. From Wordnik.com. [Heather and Snow] Reference
She told him to wait, and running to the house, returned with two large pieces of oatcake, which she gave him. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Gibbie] Reference
She sat down beside what was left of Steenie, and ate of the oatcake, and drink of the milk she had carried forgotten until now. From Wordnik.com. [Heather and Snow] Reference
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