[23] ] In curling, to guard is to protect one stone by another in front; to draw is to drive a stone into a good position by striking it with another; to wick a bore is to hit a stone obliquely and send it through between two others.
[24] ] The line a curling stone must cross to stay in the game.
ELEGY ON CAPT. MATTHEW HENDERSON,
A Gentleman Who Held the Patent for His Honours Immediately From Almighty God
O Death! thou tyrant fell and bloody!
The meikle devil wi' a woodie big, gallows-rope
Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie Drag, smithy
O'er hurcheon hides, hedgehog
And like stock-fish come o'er his studdie anvil
Wi' thy auld sides!
He's gane, he's gane! he's frae us torn, gone