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scaur |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scar \Scar\, n. [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. ski[ae]r, Sw sk["a]r. Cf {Skerry}.] An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. [Written also {scaur}.] O sweet and far from cliff and scar, The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scaur \Scaur\, n. A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
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