skreegh
verb (used with or without object)
skreigh
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a variation of
skreegh.
Example Sentences
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I had it a' ower, my lee lane, afore the skreigh o' day.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
Ha! there it was again—the low skreigh o' pain I had heard before.
From Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease
"Dear brother," said the old lady, "ye'll cry yoursell as hoarse as a corbie—is that the way to skreigh when there's a sick person in the house?"
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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
I luffed for my life, for I thocht we were over near Soa; but na, it wasna that, it was puir Sandy Gabart’s deid skreigh, or near-hand, for he was deid in half an hour.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Robert Louis Stevenson
