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scaur

/skɔː/

scaur noun: a steep cliff or bank.

Noun

scaur (plural scaurs)

  1. (Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
    • The crag is high, the scaur is deep, / Yet shrink not from the desperate leap […].1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XIII
    • There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.1859, Walter Cooper Dendy, The wild Hebrides, page 67

Forms of scaur

pluralscaurs

Origin of scaur

A dialectal form of scar.

Words that rhyme with scaur

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Questions about scaur

What does scaur mean?
Scaur means a steep cliff or bank.
What part of speech is scaur?
Scaur is a noun.
How do you pronounce scaur?
Scaur is pronounced /skɔː/.
What is the plural of scaur?
The plural of scaur is scaurs.

Words near scaur in the dictionary

  1. Scaturros
  2. scaup
  3. scauper
  4. scaupers
  5. scaups
  6. scaur
  7. scaurie
  8. scauries
  9. scaurs
  10. scaury
  11. scav

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