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.

Anagrams

• Curas, arcus, carus