scraughs

Noun

scraugh (countable and uncountable, plural scraughs)

1. (Scotland, countable) A screech.
   • Allan Ravenswood, that was then master, wi' a bended pistol in his hand, - it was a mercy it gaed na aff, -- crying to me, that had scarce as much wind left as serve the necessary purpose of my ain lungs, 'Sound, you poltron! sound, you damned cowardly villain or I will blow your brains out !” and...1819, Sir Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor
2. (Ireland, uncountable) Sod.
   • The sod, or scraugh, which had been used to cover the mouth of the vessel, and prevent the bones which it contained from falling out, still held together.1855, Kilkenny Archaeological Society, Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society