...because she ought to have been in bed, and by her side a little boy, who seemed to have no bed at all. The child lay above her in a tump of stubbly grass, where Robin Cockscroft had laid him; he had tossed the old sail off, perhaps in a dream, and he threatened to roll...
— Beechcroft at Rockstone • Charlotte M. Yonge Read full book for free! ... perceptible; the intervals of rest long and frequent. An untimely slide as the chance gaze of the observer is directed to the spot, betrays that here is the centre of independent life and motive. The dwarf...
CROFT, obsolete. A little close adjoining to a dwelling-house, and enclosed for pasture or arable, or any particular use. Jacob's Law Dict. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856. ...
The captain is a canny, suspicious,pigheadedold Scottish-man! Bluebell|Mrs. George Croft Huddleston She was quite sure that Tappitt was wrong, and thought of him at once as an obstinate, foolish,pigheadedold man. Rachel Ray|Anthony Trollope ...
a system of farming on a small scale in Scotland In the Scottish Highlands people struggled to make a living from crofting. The traditional crofting way of life is under threat in Scotland's Western Isles. TopicsFarmingc2 Want to learn more?
J. Wilson (Faed), inviting me to call on him at Powerscroft ...— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens Read full book for free! ... and of the bridge over the military road was opposed to it. Moreover, the canal administration insisted upon a free width of 26 ...
2.(Human Geography) (in the Scottish Highlands and islands) a small crofting community 3.(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US and Canada) a territorial area, esp a subdivision of a county: often organized as a unit of local government ...
From croft to campus: extra-marital pregnancy and the Scottish literary renaissance The two pups grew up and were named Pirate and Pilot, though which was which naebody kenned forbye the old man and he said nowt. Familiar law which always clicks in We just think that food should be exploi...
Crownmeans the government of the United Kingdom (including the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Committee, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales), including, but not limited to, government ministers and government departments and particular bodies, persons, commissions or agen...
Definitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. nounA man who plows. nounA farmer or rustic. from The Century Dictionary. nounOne who plows or guides a plow; a farm laborer who is or may be engaged in plowing. ...