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The word 'mast'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mastOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42413
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 mast in Corpus

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Shetland

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
t Mansie wisna mindin wis his mast an sail wis still up. On da f
Mansie wisna minding aboot da mast! Da sail, still fastened tae
a sail, still fastened tae da mast, got shiggly as hit scraped a
up, an ony dan did he mind da mast wis up. Da seevint wave wis i
a his strent, tae tak doon da mast, but hit wis ower laet. Da se
7 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
leukin doon it is pal's hauf-mast troosers an marless socks, "l on page 53
t a baldy-heided laad wi hauf-mast troosers fa wis stannin ahin on page 59

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
suit jaicket an a pair o hauf-mast joggin briks. on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t? You'd hae a job hittin the mast, sunshine, Fuck's sake, the b on page 1

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aration o Arbroath, ane o the mast important documents in the de on page 20
ads had shinnit up the ship's mast an had caught sicht o the bea on page 38
nest on the tap o the ship's mast, the boats wuid be launchit a on page 40

3 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
hool ties are done ip at hauf mast. on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
rawn, cast, fast tied tae the mast o aw creaution. on page 69

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
threshold ilka day, Bess fele mast safe m the beild o her ain we on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Mast on whilk gramarie aye daes st on page 112

1 matches

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A mast in the cloods easterly fer Lo on page 122

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
hool ties are done up at hauf mast. on page 5

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
on hud the crew hack doon the mast an somehoo they managed tae c

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
anaith a strecht mast, on page 37

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
lashed tae the Ariel mast, ye saw the way, on page 104

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
cleavin tae riggin an mast on page 42

1 matches

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