scaurn.

Brit.

/skɔː/, U.S.

/skɔr/, Scottish English

/skɔr/

Etymology: dialect variant of scar n.¹

Chiefly Scottish.

A precipitous bank; a cliff; the ridge of a hill.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]

cliffOE

cleoa1300

cleevec1300

rochec1300

clougha1400

heugha1400

brackc1530

clift1567

perpendicular1604

precipice1607

precipe1615

precipit1623

abrupt1624

scar1673

bluff1687

rock wall1755

krantz1785

linn1799

scarp1802

scaur1805

escarpment1815

rock face1820

escarp1856

hag1868

glint1906

scarping1909

stone-cliff1912

ledra1942

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xii. 17 Is it the roar of Teviot's tide, That chafes against the scaur's red side?

1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. 45 Its place on the rock has ever since remained as undistinguishable as the scaurs and cliffs around it.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 150 Down the shingly scaur he plunged.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. i. 6 Hesper shone Like a beacon over the mountain scaurs.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 243 Dwarf pines..grew thinly among loose stone and gravel scaurs.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix. 193 Scaur and ravine changed and rolled back to jagged mountains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scaur
释义	scaurn. Brit. /skɔː/, U.S. /skɔr/, Scottish English /skɔr/ Etymology: dialect variant of scar n.¹ Chiefly Scottish. A precipitous bank; a cliff; the ridge of a hill. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xii. 17 Is it the roar of Teviot's tide, That chafes against the scaur's red side? 1850 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. 45 Its place on the rock has ever since remained as undistinguishable as the scaurs and cliffs around it. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 150 Down the shingly scaur he plunged. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. i. 6 Hesper shone Like a beacon over the mountain scaurs. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 243 Dwarf pines..grew thinly among loose stone and gravel scaurs. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix. 193 Scaur and ravine changed and rolled back to jagged mountains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805
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