a scratch or scrape
a stroke of a pen
a small amount; scraping
1325–75; Middle English (Scots), metathetic variant of scrat to scratch
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The viewing gallery of the Point, a building seemingly designed to resemble an enormous scart lead port, was never anything other than heaving.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
The court heard how Ms McMillan, now of Dirkhill Road, Bradford, tried to move the television to plug in a scart lead so she could watch a DVD when it toppled off a cupboard.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2012
It’ll be time for ye to be getting scart when ye see the tombsteans all run away with, and the place as bare as a stubble-field.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Gee, I was scart I'd bust when I straightened up.
From Jimmie Moore of Bucktown by Trotter, Melvin Earnest
De marster am scart for to lose all de hosses and everything, 'cause dey takes it for de army man, so he gits to thinkin' 'bout movin' to Texas.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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