Skaw
Americannoun
noun
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Bells will be sounded in Britain's northernmost inhabited house in Skaw, the Shetland Isles, and the UK's most westerly church in Tresco, The Scilly Isles.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2012
On the 19th of March the fleet was collected off the northern point of Denmark, known as the Skaw.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
"With this lovely fog we shall round the Skaw and get into German waters unobserved."
From Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' by Trayes, Frederic George
The fellow was glad to take his dollars and his leave, and, as soon as he did so, we shaped our course for the Skaw Point, the most northerly headland of Denmark.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.
My name was James Skaw before that there lady went an' changed it on me.
From Police!!! by Hutt, Henry
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