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Webster 1913 Edition

Scraw

Scraw

(skra̤)
,
Noun.
[Ir.
scrath
a turf,
sgraith
a turf, green sod; akin to Gael.
sgrath
,
sgroth
, the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod.]
A turf.
[Obs.]
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scraw

SCRAW

,
Noun.
Surface; cut turf. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

scraw

scraw

English

Noun

scraw ‎(plural scraws)

  1. A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
  2. A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

Etymology

Irish scrath a turf, sgraith a turf, green sod; akin to Gaelic sgrath, sgroth, the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod.

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