scraichscraighv.
/skreɪx/, /skreɪk/, /skreɪ/, U.S. /skreɪk/, /skreɪ/, /skreɪx/, Scottish English /skrex/ Scottish.
intransitive. To utter a harsh cry. (See Eng. Dial. Dict. at Screigh.)
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1786 R. Burns Poems 195 While..Paitricks scraichan loud at e'en..Inspire my Muse.
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scraich n. (also scraigh) a harsh cry.
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v.1786- to put the tin hat on something
- to put the toothpaste back in the tube
- to put the touch on
- to put the voodoo on
- to put the wind up
- to put the wite in
- to put the wood in the hole
- to put the wrong foot before
- to put the zipper on
- to put their heads together
- to put this and that together
- to put though the mincer
- to put through
- to put through a course of sprouts
- to put through etc facings
- to put through etc paces
- to put through her facings
- to put through his facings
- to put through it
- to put through its paces
- to put through one's own goal
- to put through one's own net
- to put through paces
- to put through the hoop
- to put through the hoops