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scriddan Sc.|ˈskrɪdən|
Also scridan.
[a. Gael. sgriodan.]
(See quot. 1820.)
1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VI. 249 The farms which are bases to high mountains, as in Kintail, suffer great losses from what is called Scriddan, or ‘mountain torrent’... The farm of Auchuirn..was, in 1745, rendered uninhabitable..by an awful Scriddan. 1820Glenfergus I. 203 (Jam.) When the rain falling on the side of a hill, tears the surface, and precipitates a large quantity of stones and gravel into the plain below, we call it a scridan. 1820Marmaiden o' Clyde I. in Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Ballads (1857) 93/2 There's no ae burn in braid Clydesdale But wimples at my will, Nor a scridden broun that but my leave Comes tumbling doun the hill. |