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Definition of Sharn
1. cow dung [n -S] : SHARNY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharn
Literary usage of Sharn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"130 The silly bard grows/, or falls away S. v. 303 Lords of/ E'sharn, or of
Lincoln fen S, vi. 241 And bring the scenes of op' ni ng/ to light WF 426 And f. ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Cow-sharn, s. cow-dung .... It is still used by the lower orders as a cataplasm
for bruises and sprains, being applied to the parts affected as hot as the ..."
3. Leicestershire and Rutland Notes and Queries and Antiquarian Gleaner: An edited by John Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Frederic Chapman (1895)
"sharn-ford in Leicestershire, and sharn-brook in Bedfordshire. ... According to
Halliwell, sharn-bug is a super word for a cockchafer. ..."
4. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"COW-SKARN (N. Lane), COW-sharn (E. and Mid. Lane.), COW-CLAP (S. Lane. ... CRAA (N.
Lanc.), sb. a crow. sb. cow dung. Skarn = Icel. sharn, AS ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"See sharn. Sharf! interj. A dales' word, as an expression of disapproval. ...
sharn, Shard, Sharra, or Skarn, cow's dung. Sharp-setten, almost unable. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"SHORN BUG [shorn- bug], sharn BUG [sharn- bug] sb. The stag beetle. (See also
May bug, &c.) SHORT-WORK, [shaut-wurk] sb. Work in odd corners of fields which ..."
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