wab

American  

[wahb] / wɑb /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. web.

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Example Sentences

Young Wellwood 'll gie her silks and satins by the wab, and siller in gowpens.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

Ithers declare 'at he's got a wab o' claith, and hes a new pair made in Muirtown aince in the twa year maybe, and keeps them in the garden till the new look wears aft.

From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian

I gaed up to Dunse, To warp a wab o’ plaiden, At his daddie’s yett, Wha met me but Robin.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

I gaed up to Dunse, To warp a wab o' plaiden, At his daddie's yett, Wha met me but Robin: Robin shure, &c.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

There's the siller," said Duncan, "I got fra yer husband for that wab.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various