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The word 'baste'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
basteOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5157
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 285.5 8 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of baste in Corpus

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West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ance while A turn it ower an' baste it, runnin' some juice aff fu
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
edna yit bene wurn ti fit the baste, an festent wi brent-nyow gir on page 6

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
is brief time tae scrieve the baste, For ilka quiver on page 21

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
Awa an wesh yirsel ya dirty baste”. Tam wudda gin a keckle o
us a guid jab he did, fur tha baste cum clean thrugh tha daur an,
2 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Fae a baste wi a hunner rid teeth
The baste munched aa the men
So the baste wi a gulp
The baste stapped for a sup
Became the baste’s larder
6 matches

General Ulster

McMaster, Anne Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
’ in there swims a gret big baste o’tha sea.
thon gret big, shedda’d baste
2 matches

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