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Webster 1913 Edition

Scottering

Scot′ter-ing

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Noun.
The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Scottering

SCOT'TERING

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Noun.
A provincial word in Herefordshire, England, denoting the burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.

Definition 2024

scottering

scottering

English

Noun

scottering ‎(uncountable)

  1. (Britain, dialect, Herefordshire, obsolete) The burning of a wad of pea straw at the end of harvest.

References

  • Francis Tebbs Havergal, Herefordshire words & phrases, colloquial and archaic, about 1300 in number, current in the county.

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