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The word 'shaft'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shaftOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.1209
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.1 8 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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)
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 shaft 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

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
en rod he wis gittan ready. A shaft o skylight sun lightan up his on page 128

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An eence a change o a shaft on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
winda, lichtin up the swirlin shaft o stewy stars at dunced abeen on page 74

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hivvy in the air as a sidden shaft o sunshine splinters throwe t on page 22

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
pat on his haun, an swung the shaft o the scythe back an roon an
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fork, it affa weel worn, nae shaft, bit it cood be sorted an use
raked oot a auld shaft an fitted it intae the fork.
shaft o the fork. As he worked awa
ot a crack on the chin wi the shaft
4 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ide her parent’s bedroom, a shaft fae a streetlight shone throu
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
last o the fowk comin oot the shaft wis injuret. “I’ve got to
in a poseetion tae blaw up a shaft - they maun hae been prepari
s an thraws, in the main mine shaft. She tried no tae leuk. Than
e witness afore they blew the shaft up again. Kamile sayed a few
He scanced towart the beerial shaft an crossed hissel. “Sorry,â
8 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
bleck mooth o the ventilation shaft on page 49

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
her girn wad lichtit up a pit shaft. But the maist byornar o Mary
1 matches

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