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▪ I. scur|skɜː(r)|
[Origin unknown.]
A small horn found in polled cattle and sheep or their cross-bred offspring, not rooted in the skull but loosely attached by the skin. Hence scurred a., having scurs.
1882Nat. Live Stock Jrnl. (Chicago) Oct. 460/1 A heifer with only ‘scurs’, as the modified horns sometimes found in Polled cattle and in cross-bred offspring of Polled and horned breeds, are called in Scotland. 1902W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Heredity: A Defence 6 The offspring of the Polled Angus cow and the Shorthorn bull is almost invariably polled or with very small loose ‘scurs’. 1919J. Biggar Galloway Cattle 7 The Galloway increased the total of polled stock in the county, and knocked out the ‘scurs’ or abortive horns very considerably. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 81/1 Not every heterozygous bull showed scurs. Ibid. 22 Mar. 81/1 Some had small loose horns, some just had scurs. 1963Guardian 3 Dec. 6 Only about half the ewes carry thin spiky horns, the others being polled or ‘scurred’.
▪ II. scur
variant of skirr v.; obs. f. shower. |