onstead

He raised himself from the copestone of the parapet, and solemnly tramped his steady way up to the "onstead" of Craig Ronald, which took shape before him as he advanced like a low, grey-bastioned castle.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

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"Na, I canna come in," he answered in a low voice; "John Telfer's ahint the onstead, wantin 'to speak to ye."

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

"Tammock," said she, standing with her arms wide set, and her hands on that part of the onstead that appears to have been built for them, "wad hae ye mind that I was but a lassock when ye cam 'knoitin' an 'hirplin' alang the Ayrshire road frae Dalmellington."

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

The neighing and prancing of horses, and the bellowing of cows, augmented the horrors of the night; and to any one who only heard the din, it seemed that the whole onstead was in a blaze, and horses and cattle perishing in the flame.

Stories of Mystery Various 1885

There was a house-heating up beside Preston, with feasting and dancing; and a great light, like that of a flambeau, proceeded from the onstead.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 John Mackay Wilson 1819

"You keep ahint in the onstead, John Telfer, and I'll get Murdison to come oot.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

Evandale to gie us a bit eik, or outshot o 'some sort, to the onstead. "

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

Evandale to gie us a bit eik, or outshot o 'some sort, to the onstead. "

Old Mortality, Volume 2. Walter Scott 1801