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The word 'wax'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
waxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33324
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 5
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wax in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I set tae wi the turtle wax and upholstery shampoo. on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@helen_dennison put sum wax on da trax an ollie outta her (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
on just now on manicures, hot wax hand treatments and nail exte on page 80

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
t goes in yer lug an sucks up wax. Shid ah buy een? It’s affa (2020)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
lugs wax tae music, een bulge wi sicht
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
rd drippin fae mi moo lik het wax, ‘pride … gings … afore
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wax Wall cam tae bide, bocht a ho on page 182

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tops. It's Tom that hauds the wax crayon. Tongue oot the corner on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
she had gathered aa the burnt wax an melted it again. I prised on page 23

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
As wax befoir the fyre, I felt
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Nor mind if neebors wax sarcastic.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ot ae her blood looked like a wax seal, the kind ancient fowk s
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y bands an stuff get made tae wax thir bodies so that yi can se on page 95

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
eid wi his ettils bi makkin a wax feigur o hir, an bi uisin aw on page 139

2 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
til each constitouensie disna wax (as it dis in Germanie, whar
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Hardened streaks ay wax break aff in ma haun as ah ti
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ey ken tae plug their lugs wi wax whan they hear it.' Weill, th on page 54

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n lee, yill an breid, wyne an wax, gamyn an glee. Oor gowd wis on page 9
igg mair tounis whar he micht wax. , wealthie bi traidin. An af on page 14

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e fae her taes, some auld lug wax, on page 114

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
oncentration o shampoo, saip, wax polish, an...gress trimmins i on page 5

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Your saul will niver wax as selfless great. on page 9
Reid veins wax stith, sair hairts by aff-pit on page 31
They wax resistant or gar sporulate. on page 47

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
That hert o wax, that spilt brat! on page 35

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
the haill unnerside wi meltit wax. Whan the wax wis richt set,
. Whan the wax wis richt set, Daedalus helpe
ebus’s rays will melt their wax an they will faw apairt.”
d tae follae his son, but the wax on his ain wings stertit tae
4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ah could wax lyrical aboot yer talent, on page 102

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
wax an wanin moon in tha heav'n on page 28

1 matches

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