Definition of Scraigh

1. to scraich [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scraich

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scraigh

scraggiest
scraggily
scragginess
scragging
scragglier
scraggliest
scraggliness
scraggly
scraggy
scragly
scrags
scraich
scraiched
scraiching
scraichs
scraigh (current term)
scraighed
scraighing
scraighs
scraight
scram
scramasax
scramb
scrambed
scrambing
scramble
scramble competition
scramble net
scrambled
scrambled egg

Literary usage of Scraigh

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

1. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"scraigh, iv. 153. " To shriek; also, to cry, to scream, to complain. ... The orthography scraigh suggests a false idea as to the meaning and origin of the ..."

2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"343; scraigh O1 DAY, the first appearance of dawn, Roxb. ... SB qv The orthography scraigh suggests a false idea as to the meaning and origin of the term, ..."

3. The Psalms: Frae Hebrew Intil Scottis by Peter Hately Waddell (1882)
"... I scraigh : lat a' the ill hing down, 'an steck their gab i' the graif. ... ye hearken'd my scraigh ¡ )•>"»'>», 4- o' dule, whan I sighet fu' sair till ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"scraigh o' day, sb. early morning. Scran. ' Bad scran to you,' bad luck to you. Scran is said to mean food. Scrat, sb. something small. ..."

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