ascurry

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ scurry.

Adjective

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.