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Definition of Scraw
1. n. A turf.
Definition of Scraw
1. Noun. (obsolete) A turf. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scraw
1. thin turf [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scraw
1. A turf. Origin: Ir. Scrath a turf, sgraith a turf, green sod; akin to Gael. Sgrath, sgroth, the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scraw
Literary usage of Scraw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Periodical Press: Being a Bibliographical Account of the by William James Couper (1908)
"Printed for G. Mudie & Son and for H. Mitchell, South Bridge, also by and for D.
scraw, Cowgate; ... Glasgow, and scraw & Curl, Russel Court, London. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Periodical Press: Being a Bibliographical Account of the by William James Couper (1908)
"Printed for G. Mudie & Son and for H. Mitchell, South Bridge, also by and for D.
scraw, Cowgate; ..."
3. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"'The fowls he had were only wee swats' scraw, (1) sb. a thin strip of sward or turf.
... To scraw a grave.' Screech cock, sb. the missel thrush. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"scraw, (1) *-ft. a thin strip of sward or turf. Sennes are laid under the thatch
of a house to ... 'To scraw a grave.' Screech cock, sb. tho missel thrush. ..."
5. An Olla Podrida: Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary by Richard Sainthill (1853)
"Says she, "You'll see a scraw" (upper coat of turf) "rise up: open that and ...
When the scraw was rise up, the finest light shined round him that ever he ..."
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