paitrick

The paitrick whirrin 'o'er the ley. [partridge, meadow]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

And mourn, ye whirring paitrick brood -- [partridge]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red-coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot a paitrick: they're

The Waverley 1877

For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red-coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot a paitrick; they're a 'tarr'd wi' ae stick.

Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801

For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red-coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot a paitrick; they're a 'tarr'd wi' ae stick.

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red-coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot a paitrick: -- they're a 'tarr'd wi' ae stick.

Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

For my part, I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red-coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot a paitrick; they're a 'tarr'd wi' ae stick.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801

"'For my part,' said Macwheeble, 'I never wish to see a kilt in the country again, nor a red coat, nor a gun, for that matter, unless it were to shoot a paitrick.

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836