Definition of Scrae

1. weathered rock [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrae

scrab
scrabbed
scrabbing
scrabbled
scrabbler
scrabblers
scrabbles
scrabblier
scrabbliest
scrabbling
scrabblings
scrabbly
scraber
scrabs
scrae (current term)
scraes
scraffle
scraffled
scraffles
scraffling
scrag
scrag end
scragged
scraggedness
scraggier
scraggiest
scraggily
scragginess

Literary usage of Scrae

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

1. Atkinson's Casket by Samuel Coate Atkinson (1839)
"My name,' replied the lady,' ' is Miss Sibilla M'scrae of Glen ... Och then, my dear Miss M'scrae, you're just the sort of cratur I wanted—I've a ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... to obtain more than a boundary leaving to Italy but a small portion of the high plateau and ceding to Abyssinia the fertile provinces of scrae and ..."

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