scaur
Britishnoun
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The peasant lad unyokes his car, The star of even shines bright and far, And lights me to the flood-torn scaur, To meet my young Eliza.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
There were green spaces among the heather where the fairies danced, and every scaur and linn had its own familiar spirit.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
“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
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
Once, some years ago, I was out pig-hunting, and killed a big one just on the top of that scaur.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
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