Lexicographical Neighbors of Scraigh
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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