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Scots
- some poem, quoted in Akros, volume 11, issues 31-33 (1976), page 63:
- for it basically consists of brief descriptions of two particular situations in which the poet: ". . . heard the sea-maws skirl and skeen / Like sclate-pens scraichan owre a slcate." And: ". . . saw the spoor o pad and claw / Like ink on paper mirkened there."
- Les Aveugles, quoted in Chapman, issues 19-21 (1977), page 28:
- See them, my spreit. Thae folk o gaistly mien,
- Like scarecraws, comic craturs as they wanner
- Kenspeckle, fearsome, vaigers in dream dauner,
- Castin, ane kensna whaur their mirkened een.
- Thae een whaur umwhile spunks hae tint their gleam.
possibly Scottish English
- 1944, The Scots Magazine, volume 41, page 45:
- Then, in the mirkening of a summer night, the watchful Fair Isle men once more sighted a flotilla. They were dangerously near the Isle when they were seen, and coming fast, but the gallant islanders made a desperate attempt to get the tidings
- 1947, Maurice Lindsay, Fred Urquhart, No Scottish twilight: new Scottish short stories, page 44:
- Four years had passed since I last came to Croagalie in the mirkening of a hairst evening; four years spent — in the words of our old minister — in seeing "the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep." Works of the devil, rather,
- 2014, Marsali Taylor, The Trowie Mound Murders →ISBN
- 'Moving up and down the hill ida mirkening,' Magnie said. 'I couldn't sleep, so instead o'taking them tablets, I went for a walk up over the hill.' He slanted a quick, intelligent look at Gavin. He wasn't going to help the police, exactly, but he didn't mind passing on information he thought they should know.