Scraugh
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scraugh is a noun meaning (Scotland, countable) A screech.
Meaning
(Scotland, countable) A screech.
More Meanings
- (Ireland, uncountable) Sod.
Example Sentences
The old woman o'er the way To our cheer a scraugh gave back ;
She haird the scraugh, and Mr. Boriloff frighted her half asleep as she was, by sayin' the R- r- revolution is corne!
I also have the scraugh I took from the field behind the house, and every time I looks at it I thinks of the poor ould home.
Some thought that he must actually have swum under water till he was beneath the scraugh, so as to render rescue impossible and make sure of anathema!
Word Forms
- scraughs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scree, scaur, scrage, screed, scrag, scaup.
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