scaur
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It called on all to gather From every scrog and scaur, That loved their fathers’ tartan And the ancient game of war.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
“I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O’ wintry war; Or thro’ the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, Beneath a scaur.
From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas
Out over cairn and moss, Out over scrog and scaur, He ran as runs the clansman That bears the cross of war.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Each cliff and scaur of the narrow gorge flung back the ringing sound till the sharp reverberations stirred the whole defile.
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
On the right a towering scaur shows the abrupt termination of the range behind it.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle
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