scraw

/ skrɑː /

noun

1. a sod from the surface of a peat bog or from a field

Word History and Origins

Origin of scraw¹

from Irish Gaelic scraith

Example Sentences

Scraw; a grassy sod cut from a grassy or boggy surface and often dried for firing; also called scrahoge (with diminutive g).

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Poor old Cinder riding the nightmare, and dreaming about the Scraw!

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I thought it led down into the Scraw cove, but we must be lower than that.

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But to reach the mighty cliffs overhanging the Scraw was not an easy task.

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