scraw
/ (skrɑː) /
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noun
Irish a sod from the surface of a peat bog or from a field
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Word Origin for scraw
from Irish Gaelic scraith
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How to use scraw in a sentence
Scraw; a grassy sod cut from a grassy or boggy surface and often dried for firing; also called scrahoge (with diminutive g).
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. JoycePoor old Cinder riding the nightmare, and dreaming about the Scraw!
Cormorant Crag|George Manville FennI thought it led down into the Scraw cove, but we must be lower than that.
Cormorant Crag|George Manville FennBut to reach the mighty cliffs overhanging the Scraw was not an easy task.
Cormorant Crag|George Manville Fenn