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gut-scraper, ill-scraipit, ill-scrapit, ill-scrappit, ill-scrawpit, ill-skrepid, pigmie-scraper, pigmy-scraper, scraip, scrap, scrape, scraper, scrapit, scrappet, scrip, thairm-scraper,
scrape [skrep]
v. To scrape.
pt. pp. scrapit
v. To scrape.
pt. pp. scrapit
Compounds and phrases etc.
gut-scraper: A fiddler.
ill-scrapit: An unclean tongue. Slanderous, abusive, rude, bitter.
pigmy-scraper: An undersized fiddler. A humorous term for a fiddler.
scraper [ˈskrepər]: A scraper. A slate pencil. A humorous term for a fiddler.
thairm-scraper: col. A fiddler.
ill-scrapit: An unclean tongue. Slanderous, abusive, rude, bitter.
pigmy-scraper: An undersized fiddler. A humorous term for a fiddler.
scraper [ˈskrepər]: A scraper. A slate pencil. A humorous term for a fiddler.
thairm-scraper: col. A fiddler.
scart, scrat, skart, skrat,
scrat [(s)krat, (s)krɑt]
also scart [skart, skɑrt]
n. A puny, stunted or shrunken person. Anything very small. A hermaphrodite.
also scart [skart, skɑrt]
n. A puny, stunted or shrunken person. Anything very small. A hermaphrodite.
scraachle, scrauchle, skrauchil,
scrauchle [skrɔːxl]
n. A clamber, scramble, crawl.
v. To scramble with hands and feet. To clamber in a hasty clumsy manner. To move about with difficulty.
n. A clamber, scramble, crawl.
v. To scramble with hands and feet. To clamber in a hasty clumsy manner. To move about with difficulty.
scra, scraa, scraw, skra, skraa, skraw,
scraw [skrɑː]
n. SW. U. A thin turf or sod used for roofing. The top paring of turf removed before cutting a peat-bank. The sod of a grave.
n. SW. U. A thin turf or sod used for roofing. The top paring of turf removed before cutting a peat-bank. The sod of a grave.
scree, scrie, skree, skrie,
scree [skriː]
n. The mass of loose stones which accumulates at the foot of rocky hillslopes or under crags etc. A riddle or sieve.
v. To riddle or sift coal etc.
n. The mass of loose stones which accumulates at the foot of rocky hillslopes or under crags etc. A riddle or sieve.
v. To riddle or sift coal etc.
screed, screedit, screedle, screid, screidit, screidle, scried, scriedle, skreed, skreid, skreidle,
screed [skrid, S. skridʒ]
n. A long speech or piece of writing. A torn off fragment. The sound of tearing.
v. To tear, rip, rend. To make a shrill, grinding or screeching noise. To compose a piece of writing easily and at great length, to write rapidly.
pt. pp. screedit
n. A long speech or piece of writing. A torn off fragment. The sound of tearing.
v. To tear, rip, rend. To make a shrill, grinding or screeching noise. To compose a piece of writing easily and at great length, to write rapidly.
pt. pp. screedit
screedle [skridl, S. skridʒl]
v. To play the fiddle badly.
v. To play the fiddle badly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
screed aff: To relate or read volubly and at length. To reel off, to recite fluently.
See scrieve also.
screen, screin, skrein,
screen [skrin]
n. A screen. A shawl or headscarf.
v. To subject to close scrutiny, to examine carefully. To protect from, to ward off.
n. A screen. A shawl or headscarf.
v. To subject to close scrutiny, to examine carefully. To protect from, to ward off.
Compounds and phrases etc.
claes-screen: A clothes horse.
screenge, screenged, screengin, screengit, screinge, screinge, scringe, scrynge, skringe,
screenge [skrin(d)ʒ]
also scringe [skrəindʒ]
n. A rubbing. A scrubbing brush. A lash or stroke with a whip etc., a severe beating. A loose or vagabond woman. A large tract or extent of land.
v. To rub, scrub or scour energeticall. To flog. To search about eagerly or inquistitively, to rummage, to hunt, to scour in searching, to glean. To prowl about.
pt. pp. screenged
also scringe [skrəindʒ]
n. A rubbing. A scrubbing brush. A lash or stroke with a whip etc., a severe beating. A loose or vagabond woman. A large tract or extent of land.
v. To rub, scrub or scour energeticall. To flog. To search about eagerly or inquistitively, to rummage, to hunt, to scour in searching, to glean. To prowl about.
pt. pp. screenged
Compounds and phrases etc.
screengin: Rubbing, scrubbing or scouring etc.
screeve, screever, screive, screiver, scrieve, scriever, scriv, scrive, skreeve,
screeve [skriːv, WC. skreːv]
n. A large scratch, an abrasion of the skin. A rent or tear in a garment. A skid mark on a road. A scraping or grating sound, the sound made by tearing cloth.
v. To graze the skin. To peel or tear off a surface or covering, scratch, abrade, scrape. To make a scraping motion or sound, to draw an object over the surface of another with a screeching noise. To play on a fiddle. To sharpen a slate-pencil. To scrub a table or floor etc.
pt. pp. screeved
n. A large scratch, an abrasion of the skin. A rent or tear in a garment. A skid mark on a road. A scraping or grating sound, the sound made by tearing cloth.
v. To graze the skin. To peel or tear off a surface or covering, scratch, abrade, scrape. To make a scraping motion or sound, to draw an object over the surface of another with a screeching noise. To play on a fiddle. To sharpen a slate-pencil. To scrub a table or floor etc.
pt. pp. screeved
Compounds and phrases etc.
screever [ˈskriːvər, WC. ˈskreːvər]: A dropped scone cooked on a griddle. A miser, skinflint.
See screed, scrieve also.
screevener, screivener, scrievener,
screevener [ˈskriːvənər]
n. A scrivener.
n. A scrivener.