Crossword-Solution: CROUSE 6 letters, 15 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

And as to its manner, who that has read it can forget how the collie, Luath, in the _Twa Dogs_, describes and enters into the merry-making in the cottage? “The luntin’ pipe an’ sneeshin’ mill, Are handed round wi’ richt guid will; The canty auld folks crackin’ crouse, The young anes rantin’ through the house— My heart has been sae fain to see them That I for joy hae barkit wi’ them.” It was this ardent power of sympathy that was fatal to so many women, and, through Jean Armour, to himself at last.

Thence mystic knots mak great abuse On young guidmen, fond, keen, an' crouse; When the best wark-lume i' the house, By cantrip--wit, Is instant made no worth a louse, Just at the bit.

There's a gran' tough beam here ayont the ingle, will haud me a' crouse and cantie, when the time comes." "What on earth do you mean?" asked we both together.

That merry day the year begins They bar the door on frosty win's; The nappy reeks wi' mantling ream [ale, foam] And sheds a heart-inspiring steam; The luntin' pipe and sneeshin'-mill [smoking, snuff-box] Are handed round wi' right gude-will; The canty auld folk crackin' crouse, [cheerful, talking brightly] The young anes ranting through the house-- My heart has been sae fain to see them That I for joy hae barkit wi' them.

There we loved, there thou promised, my Marion, Thy soul--a' thy beauties were mine; Crouse we skipt to the ha' i' the gloamin', But few were my slumbers and thine.