A rim was pressed to her lips and she tasted the appalling burn of Galwegian usquebaugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
The young knight rode a solid dun cob and had a tubby Galwegian pack pony on a leading rein. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Think some ingain think, as Teakortairer sate over the Galwegian caftan forewhen Orops and Aasas were chooldrengs and micramacrees!. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
I heard at Gweedore from my Galwegian acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)] Reference
Colonel Dopping, according to my Galwegian, is not an. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)] Reference
On our return to the hotel I met the Galwegian strolling about. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)] Reference
Galwegian itself is considered an imitation of Norwegian, from Norway. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1] Reference
The Galwegian John o 'the Scales was a more clever fellow than his prototype. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
Galwegian localities and personages which have been supposed to be alluded to in the novel. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering] Reference
Her too-sharp understanding of my soul and that Galwegian traffic were in conspiracy, obviously. From Wordnik.com. Reference
My Galwegian thought this reasonable, because in this region the rent, it appears, is only collected once a year. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)] Reference
At the head, the founder of the race, dressed like some mighty baron, or rather some Galwegian prince, sat with his lady. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)] Reference
Since Galway, Ireland, also has - way, it would not be inconceivable for that town to acquire a competing form for Galloway's Galwegian. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1] Reference
We have not an interpreter at hand, and so cannot wrestle with the intricacies of the authoress's name, which appears to be some Galwegian form of. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
Originally from Yorkshire, Kate Thompson has become an honorary Galwegian through her evocative and powerful children's books, set in the rugged landscape of North Clare and Galway. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Norwegian = Galloway: Galwegian would be logical, although the claim might be demolished as an anachronism if it were shown that Galwegian came into being long after Norroway ceased to be current. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1] Reference
Glaswegian, which is not only a noun applied to the denizens but also an adjective meaning characteristic of that city, is said to have been made up in imitation of the far less familiar Galwegian, for inhabitants of Galloway. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1] Reference
Accordingly, the Knights of the Round Table did not recoil with more terror from the apparition of the loathly lady placed between ‘an oak and a green holly,’ than Lucy Bertram and Julia Mannering did from the appearance of this Galwegian sibyl upon the common of. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering] Reference
In this they resemble the inland traditions of the peasants; but many of the oral treasures of the Galwegian or the Cumbrian coast have the stamp of the Dane and the Norseman upon them, and claim but a remote or faint affinity with the legitimate legends of Caledonia. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Mystery] Reference
Accordingly, the Knights of the Round Table did not recoil with more terror from the apparition of the loathly lady placed between an oak and a green holly, than Lucy Bertram and Julia Mannering did from the appearance of this Galwegian sibyl upon the common of Ellangowan. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter LIII] Reference
He would have succeeded, my Galwegian thought, had not the agent, Mr. Hewson, obstinately fought with the obstinate curate, Father Stephens, over the suggestion made by the latter, that the terms granted on the fine neighbouring estate of Mr. Stuart of Ards -- a man of wealth, who lives mainly at Brighton, though Ards is one of the loveliest places in. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)] Reference
A green holly, 'than Lucy Bertram and Julia Mannering did from the appearance of this Galwegian sibyl upon the common of Ellangowan. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference
The Galwegian John o’ the Scales was a more clever fellow than his prototype. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Mannering] Reference
"He is not a bad-hearted man, nor unkind," said my Galwegian, "but he is too much of a Bengal tiger in his manner. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)] Reference
Galwegian was too strong after all. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Step-Mother] Reference
Galwegian of the type dear to the heart of Lever. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)] Reference
"Have ye not heard, aye, and many of you seen his adventures and escapes in Carrick, hunted even as he was by bloodhounds; his guarding that mountain pass, one man against sixty, aye, absolutely alone against the Galwegian host of men and bloodhounds; Glen Fruin, Loudun Hill, Aberdeen; the harrying of Buchan; charging the treacherous foe, when they had to bear him from his litter to his horse, aye, and support him there; springing up from his couch of pain, and suffering, and depression, agonizing to witness, to hurl vengeance on the fell traitors; aye, and he did it, and brought back health to his own heart and frame; and Forfar, Lorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.

