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Definition of Scouries
1. scourie [n] - See also: scourie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scouries
Literary usage of Scouries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"... which formed the extremities of the bay, projected their gigantic causeways
of dark and sable rocks, on the ledges of which the gulls, scouries, ..."
2. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1822)
"... which formed the extremities of,the bay, projected their gigantic causeways
of dark and sable rocks, on the ledges of which the gulls, scouries, ..."
3. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"... which formed the extremities of the bay, projected their gigantic causeways
of dark and sable rocks, on the ledges of which the gulls, scouries, ..."
4. Memorabilia Domestica by Donald Sage (1899)
"There she died, and was buried in the tomb of the scouries. succeeded to the
family estate ; William, the second son, lived after his return from the ..."
5. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1826)
"the extremities of the bay, projected their gigantic causeways of dark and sable
rocks, on the ledges of which the gulls, scouries, and other sea-fowl, ..."
6. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1822)
"gulls, scouries, and other sea-fowl, appeared like flakes of snow; while, upon
the lower ranges of the cliff, stood whole lines of cormorants, ..."
7. The Pirate by Walter Scott (1822)
"... which formed the extremities of the bay, projected their gigantic causeways
of dark and sable rocks, on the ledges of which the gulls, scouries, ..."
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