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

Words nearby scraw

scratch the surface, scratch together, scratch video, scratch wig, scratchy, scraw, scrawl, scrawler, scrawly, scrawny, scrawp

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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. Joyce
Poor old Cinder riding the nightmare, and dreaming about the Scraw!
Cormorant Crag|George Manville Fenn
I thought it led down into the Scraw cove, but we must be lower than that.
Cormorant Crag|George Manville Fenn
But to reach the mighty cliffs overhanging the Scraw was not an easy task.
Cormorant Crag|George Manville Fenn