Perhaps this singular and local preference is derived from Barbary.
— from The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 (of 3) by Leonard Williams

Neither is it possible to determine the relative proportions derived from the soil and the air, although it is, in all probability, dependent on the resources of the soil itself,—plants grown on a rich soil obtaining their chief supplies from it, while, on poorer soils, a larger proportion is drawn from the atmosphere.
— from Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson

Lilt , s. A large pull in drinking, frequently repeated, Fife.
— from An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals by John Jamieson

Grain it should be sold in the fall Even if the price it should be small, For if you keep it till the spring Sometimes a less price it doth bring.
— from Poems of James McIntyre by James McIntyre

Dey takes four sticks and lays poles in de crotches, den dey puts branches crossways.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration