scaur
Britishnoun
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“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 Thomas Carlyle
A further jaunt amid varied beauties of woodland shade and meadow sunshine, of gentle dale and savage scaur, brings us past historic Closeburn to the neighborhood of Thornhill.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
"She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow!" quoth young Lochinvar.
From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Katherine Jewell Everts
She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They’ll have fleet steeds that follow, quoth young Lochinvar.’”
From Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border by Annie Roe Carr
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 Andrew F. Crosse
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