scrowls
scrowls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrowl.
Meaning of scrowl
Verb
scrowl (third-person singular simple present scrowls, present participle scrowling, simple past and past participle scrowled)
- To cook (pilchards) on a gridiron.
- The approved method of cooking them [pilchards], according to Mr. Howard Fox, "is to split and pepper, place one fish flat on another, backs outside, and roast on a gridiron." This is the process provincially termed "scrowling."1884, H. J. Green, The Herring Fisheries, page 391
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- What is scrowls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Scrowls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrowl.
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