pleugh

/ pluː; pluːx /

noun

1. a Scot word for plough

Example Sentences

"Gie me ane spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart."

From Project Gutenberg

A country fellow at the pleugh, His acres till’d, he’s right eneugh; A country girl at her wheel, Her dizzens dune, she’s unco weel; But gentlemen, and ladies warst, Wi’ ev’n-down want o’ wark are curst.

From Project Gutenberg

An’ farmers’ sarvants leeave ther pleugh, Callin ther maister black an’ blue, Whea for ther credit an’ ther neeame, Hed coonsel’d them te stay at heeame.

From Project Gutenberg

Belyve, the elder bairns9 come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun'; Some ca'10 the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neibor11 town: Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown, In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her e'e, Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, Or deposit12 her sair-won penny-fee,13 To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be.

From Project Gutenberg

Belyve4 the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun'; Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie5 rin A cannie errand to a neebor town.

From Project Gutenberg