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from The Century Dictionary.
- Faith! by my faith! See faith, interj.
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Examples
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Here Crist haith hym helyd the devill he doth away
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But, haith! there 's nae scenes I wad niffer wi 'thae;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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The same he haith lefte to his posterity, garnished and replenished with riche furnitures; amonge the wch his Lybrarye is righte worthye of remembrance. '
English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871
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Gibbie -- a 'the toon ca'd' im that, though haith! he'll be a big man or he behaud.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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Ye wadna think o 'a boat afore the spring; an' haith! the summer wad be ower, an 'the water frozen again, afore ye had it biggit.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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"I catched it i 'the brainches o' a lairick (larch)," Donal answered, "easy eneuch, for it cudna rin far, an 'was mair fleyt at the watter nor at me; but for the sawmon, haith I was ower an' ower wi 'hit i' the watter, efter I gruppit it, er 'I cud ca' 't my ain."
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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But gien they be prood, he's prooder, an 'lat him ance get his heid up, an' rid o 'the trustees, an' fowk upo 'their marrow -- banes til' im, haith, he'll lat them sit there, or
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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High Street wi 'a muckle loon, near han' as big 's hersel '! an' haith, but Meg had the best o ''t, an' flang him intil the gutter, an 'maist fellt him!
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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But, haith, I winna peety him! for, o 'a' things, to peety a guid man i 'the richt gate is a fule's folly.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"Woe to that realme that haith an ower young king."
Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Alexander Smith 1848
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