1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. iii. 49 A standand place quhar skarthis with ther beikis..glaidlie thaim pronȝe and bekis.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 181 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 The scarth a fische fangar And yat a perfyte.

1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife & Kinross ii. ii. 45 The Fowls which most frequent the Bass, are the..Scarts [etc.].

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 172 D'ye think you'll help them wi' skirling that gate like an auld skart before a flaw o' weather?

1852 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 72 395 He sits a cormorant on the tree of life... A scarth—not an eagle—not a swan.

1892 W. Black Three Feathers 183 The black rocks basked in the sunlight, the big skarts standing on their ledges, not moving a feather.

a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 555 With scartes and scores, athort his frozen front.

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 Wi her Nails she rave his Face, Made a his black Baird bloody, Wi Scarts that Day.

1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xi Folk never see a scart on their ain backs.

1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xxvii. 266 It never does to mislippen the scart o' a pin on the thickest skull.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iii. 62 What signified, she said, a wheen scrapes of paper, wi' black and white skarts upon them, that he ca'd bushes, and trees, and craigs!

1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 122 He has nayther comed himsel', nor had the ceevility tae sen' us the scart o' a pen.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 127 Donald, who assures me that some day a scart of wind will snatch the paper out of my hand.

1899 Pall Mall Mag. Apr. 568 The gusty wind blew thin wisps and scarts of cloud athwart the sharp hooks of the crescent moon.

1983 Television Dec. 73/2 Fidelity's Model CM14 14in. colour monitor will accept RGB, RGBY or a composite video input, plus audio, via a 21-pin scart socket.

1984 Which? Jan. 29/2 One particularly versatile audio/video socket is the new peritelevision, or SCART socket (called a Euroconnector by Pye and Philips) which is now fitted to a few TVs.

1986 Video World Dec. 55/3 You need to use a SCART plug even for the relatively routine task of copying to and from other video, or feeding a video monitor.

1988 What Video? July 46/3 All audio/video connections are routed via the now seemingly ubiquitous Scart socket.

1988 What Video? Nov. 87/2 It's worth noting..that Philips actually give a pin-out diagram of the Scart connections in the owner's manual.

c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 249 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 8 With hyre handis [she] skartyt hir face.

a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 42 To se him scart his awin skyn grit scunner I think.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 37 With skarting [scho] causit hir face to bleid.

1821 W. Scott Pirate II. ii. 28 Ye scart the land with a bit thing ye ca' a pleugh.

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 75 I fand the hoose, by scartin' a match an' readin' the plate on the gate.

1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 2573 If Loue of Money,..Moue thee to scrape, to scart, to pinch, to spare.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii And syne the fool-thing is obliged to fast, Or scart anither's leavings at the last.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 509 I've skarted some odds and ends wi' the keelavin on brown paper.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii. 257 And what use has my father for a whin bits o' scarted paper? View more context for this quotation