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Etymology

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From a- +‎ scurry.

Adjective

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ascurry (not comparable)

  1. Scurrying; filled (with scurrying people or animals).
    • 1988, William Horwood, Duncton Quest[1], London: Arrow, published 1989, Part 2, Chapter 19, p. 311:
      [] the darkness beyond the wood that night seemed ascurry and fractious,
    • 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford[2], New York: Vintage, published 1994, Part 2, p. 150:
      a ship [] with sailors ascurry from and to below
    • 1998, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Dark Sleeper[3], New York: Ace Books, published 2000, Book 1, Chapter 11, p. 133:
      [] gulls veering and looping, cormorants guarding their nests in the high rocks, sandpipers ascurry at the water’s edge, pelicans skimming and plummeting, coastal jackdaws grubbing for dainties.