† ˈscummerfare Obs. rare.
[f. scummer n. (sense 2) + fare n.]
Piracy.
| 1358 in S. P. H. Statham Dover Charters (1902) 86 Que bona et quanta cepissent per Skomerfare, tempore quo dictus Custos optinuerit ballivam suam. 1390 Gower Conf. III. 321 Out of a barge faste by, Which hidd was ther on Scomerfare, Men sterten out. |