Scaur

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scar \Scar\, n. [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an
     isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skiaer, Sw. sk[aum]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}.]


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           O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,
           The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.    --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scaur \Scaur\, n.
     A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
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