Definition of Scurring

1. scur [v] - See also: scur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurring

scurfiness
scurfs
scurfy
scurred
scurried
scurrier
scurriers
scurries
scurril
scurrile
scurrilities
scurrility
scurrilous
scurrilously
scurrilousness
scurring (current term)
scurrit
scurry
scurrying
scurs
scurvier
scurvies
scurviest
scurvily
scurviness
scurvinesses
scurvy
scurvy rickets

Literary usage of Scurring

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

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"2 Under a budding hedge I hid While April rain went by, But little drops came slipping through, Fresh from a laughing sky: A-many little scurring drops ..."

2. Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri & Great Plains by Joseph Henry Taylor (1897)
"On the plain near the bluffs large bodies of mounted men could be seen scurring around—now in plain view—now obscured by dust. ..."

3. Raiderland: All about Grey Galloway, Its Stories, Traditions, Characters by Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Joseph Pennell (1904)
"A scurring rabbit set him quivering with vague but very real alarms. So he passed from adventure to adventure. ..."

4. The Bible in Spain, Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"(Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field, and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh. ..."

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