Laad

That laad ye micht work to onything 'at made agane himsel'. ❋ Various (N/A)

'Is't you' at's the laad Colonel H. 'at's been runnan' awa '?' ❋ John Hill Burton (N/A)

Further along he smelled tom yam soup, grilled squid, goo-ey tia nam (rice noodle soup), khow laad nhaa gai (rice with chicken and bamboo), and other dishes in an outdoor restaurant. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

"Poor laad, 'e 's freetened o' t 'body," she explained. ❋ May Sinclair (1904)

"See, laad," he said, "why does tha not send messenger thaself -- a troosty messenger?" ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

"Didst tha save them ten sooverins to get news o 'Macnamara, laad?" ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

"If this bad state of things continyees fur a few days longer, yees'll have to laad me around wid a string, or else taach Terror to do the same, as yez have saan a poor blind man and his dog do." ❋ Edward Sylvester Ellis (1878)

'Aw think awm gettin on gradely thank yo; ha's mi fayther gettin on?' he sed, in a voice as laad as if he wor hawkin his greens. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

As sooin as he coom near th 'coit he could hear him snoaring away ommost as laad as a trombone. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

'Whisht!' sed th 'chap, an' gave Seth a drive wi 'his elbow just between his brace buttons, an' Seth went daan wi 'a soss onto th' drum end, an 'throo it he went wi' a crack as laad as a pistol gooin off. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

In two or three minutes they wor booath hard asleep, but they had't to sleep long, for ther coom a knock at th 'door laad enuff to wakken deeaf ❋ John Hartley (1877)

Joa had kept quiet as long as he could, an for fear o 'spoilin it all wi' laffin, he set up a groan laad enuff to wakken a deead en. ❋ John Hartley (1877)

There I see my wife laad outside the bed close to Susan; ❋ Francis Hindes Groome (1876)

"Ye're no far wrang there," she returned; "an 'ye hae a gey gleg tongue i' yer heid for a laad frae Daurside." ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

"Dinna say muckle to yer mither, Jeames laad," said his father as he went; ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

"But though he michtna objec 'till a father' at he wasna jist Hector or Golia 'o' Gath," she said, "ye canna wonner 'at the yoong laad no carin' to hae sic a mither." ❋ George MacDonald (1864)