Meaning of scraugh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A screech.
   Scotland, countable
2. Sod.
   Ireland, uncountable

Examples

“Allan Ravenswood, that was then master, wi' a bended pistol in his hand, - it was a mercy it gaed na aff, -- crying to me, that had scarce as much wind left as serve⟳ the necessary purpose of my ain lungs, 'Sound⟳, you poltron! sound⟳, you damned cowardly villain or I will blow⟳ your brains out !” and, to be sure, blew sic points of war, that the scraugh of a clockin-hen was music to them.”

“The old woman o'er the way To our cheer⟳ a scraugh gave back ;”

“She haird the scraugh, and Mr. Boriloff frighted her half asleep as she was, by sayin' the R- r- revolution is corne!”

“The sod, or scraugh, which had been used to cover⟳ the mouth of the vessel, and prevent⟳ the bones which it contained from falling out, still held together.”

“I also have⟳ the scraugh I took from the field behind the house, and every time I looks at it I thinks of the poor ould home.”

“Some thought that he must actually have⟳ swum under water till he was beneath the scraugh, so as to render rescue⟳ impossible and make⟳ sure of anathema!”

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