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Example sentences for "whilk"

Lexicographically close words:
while; whiled; whiles; whilest; whiling; whill; whilom; whilome; whilse; whilst
  1. Wi' cauk and keel I'll win your bread, And spindles and whorles for them wha need, Whilk is a gentle trade indeed, To carry the Gaberlunzie on.

  2. Next day, out we were taken for the whilk purpose; and we went through our motions bravely.

  3. For there is a sense in whilk I may be nearly almost said to be his correspondent.

  4. There be garments of glory in heaven, and garments of grace in the earth; that party-coloured garment spoken of in the Colossians, and this holiness whilk is spoken of here.

  5. How can we, say they, bind ourselves to forbear the practice of that whilk Acts of Assembly allows, and Acts of Parliament commands?

  6. And your Covenant, that ye are to swear to this day, oblishes you to this; and it requires nothing of you but that whilk ye are bound to perform.

  7. And this same is the covenant of truth whilk ye are to swear to; for as our Covenant is renewed, so also it is exponed (explained) according as the exigencies of the time requires, and it is applied to the present purpose.

  8. But I s' warran' she kenned weel eneuch whilk o' them was her ain.

  9. Whilk it does not in this case," said John Splendid, seemingly in a mood to humour the man.

  10. But we maun obey the ceetation, in the first place, to prevent decreet in absence, whilk wad gie the pursuer, in this case, everything his ain way.

  11. He introduced the point of the whilk in the centre of the base, or broader end, of the muscle, searching for the pearls chiefly towards the other end, on the inside of the valve.

  12. The man opened them by means of a whilk shell, which he thrust with violence between the valves, for it is impossible to effect this with the finger only.

  13. I believe you may be right; for he changed sides mair than anes, and wha kens whilk he died for?

  14. Whilk is a gentle trade indeed, To carry the Gaberlunzie on.

  15. A Border mosstrooper is aye richt glad to pay for my tidings, whilk may shew him how to mak' a stroke o' gude luck, or to save his neck frae the gallows.

  16. And didna ye get the letter, Ladye, Tied wi' a silken string, Whilk I sent to thee frae the far countrie, A message of love to bring?

  17. O, mair than half-a-dozen dragoon fellows that are a' on the spur whilk to get first to Hamilton.

  18. That Democratie (as they called it) whilk allwayes behoved to be full of sedition and troubble to ane Aristocratie, and so in end to a Monarchie.

  19. Then he rises early in the mornin', whilk is no a guid sign o' a learned man, as I judge.

  20. The bonny leddy sail hae a' that she craves, whilk is consistent wi' her safe-keeping.

  21. But as to whilk pairty the infamy attaches to, there we may differ," said the magistrate, nodding.

  22. And the lads hae gone outside to seek in the grounds, whilk same is sune done; for the castle yard and grounds are nae that expansive, as your leddyship kens.

  23. I was quoting the Book whilk I greatly fear ye dinna aften look into, or ye would na be here noo.

  24. I must tell your leddyship about the visit of the poleece, whilk I understand were sent by your leddyship's ain sel'.

  25. And sae he took possession o' your note, me laird, before the prisoner could read a word of it; and said he maun carry it to the governor whilk I suppose he did.

  26. Aye, lad, it appears too that ye object to maist things in legal procedure; the whilk is but natural, ye ken, for what saith the poet?

  27. To Murdoch Menteith, of the lands of Gilmerton, whilk was William Soullis, in vicecom.

  28. To Robert Bruce, of the lands of Liddesdale, whilk William Soulis erga nos forisfecit--ab eodem.

  29. The news are that the Neapolitans have broken a bridge, and slain four pontifical carabiniers, whilk carabiniers wished to oppose.


  30. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whilk" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.