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Definition of "frae" []

  • Scots From. (preposition)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "frae" in a sentence
  • "Only if ye could compass a harmonious call frae the parish of Skreegh-me-dead, as ye anes had hope of, I trow it wad please him weel; since I hae heard him say, that the root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canongate of Edinburgh."
  • "Syne he was off to Branksome, and the word frae Branksome is to raise a 'Ettrick, Teviotdale, Ale Water, and the Muirs o' Esk. We look to win up wi 'the lads long ere they cross Liddel, and that at the speed they gang will be gey an' near sunrise."
  • "Lassie, ye seem to think naebody worth hearkenin til a word frae 'cep ae man, but I mean ye to hearken to me!"
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