shearn
shearn is the alternative form of sharn.
Meaning of sharn
Noun
sharn (uncountable)
- The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
- right between the byre and the stable and the barn on one side and the house on the other was the cattle-court and right in the middle of that the midden, high and yellow with dung and straw and sharn, and Mistress Strachan could never forgive Peesie's Knapp because of that awful smell it had.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 19
Proper noun capitalized: Shearn
Shearn (plural Shearns)
- A surname.
Forms of shearn
| plural | Shearns |
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Origin of shearn
Unexplained.
Questions about shearn
- What does shearn mean?
- Shearn means a surname.
- What is shearn the alternative form of?
- Shearn is the alternative form of sharn.
- What part of speech is shearn?
- Shearn is a proper noun.
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