Read full poem →But like to death he came with death, and sought
And slew and spoiled and gat him that he would.
For death, for marriage, and for child-getting,
Dictionary Entry
(in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
Origin
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Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “gat”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Deep in my heart that spear-print stays,
That wound I gat beyond the waters,
Deeper with passage of the days
Read full poem →To-day at Rome the silent nations kneel;
Who gat from Love no joyous gladdening,
But only Love’s intolerable pain,
Read full poem →Rey. Nathaniel Whately, b June 1, 1549, m Dorothy Gat-
tonby. Matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford 1568, was
Read full poem →A gate, I fear, I’ll dearly rue;
I gat my death frae twa sweet een,
Twa lovely een o’bonie blue.
Read full poem →THE BAIRNS gat out wi’ an unco shout,
The deuks dang o’er my daddie, O!
Read full poem →Within America, man:
Then up they gat the maskin-pat,
And in the sea did jaw, man;
Read full poem →An’ think it fine!
The Lord’s cause ne’er gat sic a twistle,
Sin’ I hae min’.
Read full poem →I gat some gear wi’ mickle care,
I held it weel thegither;
Read full poem →The stars shot down wi' sklentin light,
Wi' you, mysel, I gat a fright
Ayont the lough;
