scaur
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Sae the test gaes roun': An' here ye hae the lairdly twa, An' ane frae scaur an' down.
From The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches by Riley, James Whitcomb
And Guisecliff stands in loneliness Between the moor and vale, Protecting with its rocky scaur My bonnie Nidderdale.
From The Dales of Arcady by Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una
Parts of the loch were edged in by old lichen-covered rocks; while farther on a magnificent scaur of red stone rose perpendicularly from the water's edge to a very great height.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
The night was too clear to offer any opportunity of hiding themselves, especially in a country where there was neither "brake, brush, nor scaur" to conceal them.
From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne
"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 Everts, Katherine Jewell
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