Read full poem →Sharp: "Tis Holy Island parts us, not the
Tweed." He would not blame the King : —
Dictionary Entry
A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. tweedjacket tweedsuit tweedring tweedcoat tweedskirt tweedtweed bosstweed harris
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Poetry examples for “tweed”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →1644. Scotch Army crosses Tweed.
1644, Milton,
Read full poem →Quickened with fire below, your monsters breed
In fenny Holland, and in fruitful Tweed;
And like the first the last affects to be,
Read full poem →Rivers arise; whether thou be the Son,
Of utmost Tweed, or Oose, or gulphie Dun,
Or Trent, who like some earth-born Giant spreads
Read full poem →Our Townshend make speeches, and I shall compile:
New Lauders and Bowers the Tweed shall cross over,
No countryman living their tricks to discover;
Read full poem →Our Townshend make speeches, and I shall compile;
New Lauders and Bowers the Tweed shall cross over,
No countryman living their tricks to discover; 90
Read full poem →(Who knows not that brave Caledonia’s divine?)
From Tweed to the Orcades was her domain,
To hunt, or to pasture, or do what she would:
Read full poem →WILLIE WASTLE dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they ca’d it Linkumdoddie;
Read full poem →For her forbears were brought in ships
Frae yont the Tweed:
A bonnier fleesh ne'er cross'd the clips
Read full poem →As Marmion left the hold.
It curled not Tweed alone, that breeze,
For, far upon Northumbrian seas,