Noun

(-)

(chiefly, Scotland)

* {{quote-book, year=1857, author=S. H. Hammond, title=Wild Northern Scenes, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I've hearn some folks pretend that it comes from the bowels of the airth , but it don't; its a thing of the air, and I've a notion it travels a mighty long way from its startin' place afore it reaches us. " }}

* {{quote-book, year=1889, author=Annie Trumbull Slosson, title=Fishin' Jimmy, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="As I was tellin' ye," he said, "I allers loved fishin' an' knowed 't was the best thing in the hull airth . }}

* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Henry van Dyke, title=The Ruling Passion, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I guess there ain't nothin' on airth he loves better 'n that holler piece o' wood, and the toons that's inside o' it. }}