Definition of Scaffie

1. a scavenger [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaffie

scabrities
scabrities unguium
scabrosity
scabrously
scabrousness
scabrousnesses
scabs
scabwort
scacchic
scacchite
scad
scads
scaevity
scaff
scaffie (current term)
scaffies
scaffold
scaffold hopping
scaffold protein
scaffold proteins
scaffoldage
scaffolded
scaffolder
scaffolders
scaffolding
scaffoldings
scaffolds
scaffs

Literary usage of Scaffie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"scaffie, adj. A term applied to a smart but transient shower, SO "'scaffie »homers, showers which soon blov 'A caul' ..."

2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"scaffie, adj. A term applied to a smart but transient shower, SO Qu. if as having the wool taken off by ..."

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