scaur

English

Etymology

Dialectal form of scar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Noun

scaur (plural scaurs)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.
    • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XIII:
      The crag is high, the scaur is deep, / Yet shrink not from the desperate leap […] .
    • 1859, Walter Cooper Dendy, The wild Hebrides, page 67:
      There are "stags of ten" roaming abroad unstalked; and perchance that is a hart royal swelling his broad front on yonder scaur.

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