skreegh
verb (used with or without object)
skreigh
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a variation of
skreegh.
Example Sentences
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With a muffled skreigh the mare leapt forward, seized the bit 'twixt her teeth, and ventre à terre pursued the others in spite of her rider's remonstrances.
From Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease
When thou an' I were young an' skeigh, An' stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, How thou wad prance, and snore, an' skreigh An' tak the road!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
No luck sent ye back to hear the skreigh o' the lass, but the whisper of the guid Father withoot whose permission not even a sparrow falls to the ground.
From Man Size by William MacLeod Raine
A meenute, or barely twa, was ower, whan a cry cam frae the king's room—a fearfu' cry—a lang lang skreigh.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
It's time enough to skreigh when ye're strucken.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
