▪ I. scarry, a.1
(ˈskɑːrɪ)
[f. scar n.1 + -y.]
Precipitous, rocky.
| 1382 Wiclif Job xxxix. 28 In heȝe sett scarri flintis [Vulg. in præruptis silicibus] he [sc. the eagle] bideth. 1577 Harrison England i. xi. [xv.] 31 b, in Holinshed, The Ure..receyueth the Burne, by south west (as it dyd the Wile, from very deepe scarry rockes, before at Askaran). 1853 G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 80 A high, steep, scarry, and partially wooded bank. 1901 H. Trench Deirdre Wed 32 Many a mountain's scarry flank. |
▪ II. † ˈscarry, a.2 Obs.
[f. scar n.2 + -y.]
Of the nature of a scar; also, marked with scars.
| 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. ii, If they might be reduc'd t'a scarry stuffe [F. à cicatrice]. 1695 Lond. Gaz. No. 3113/4 The Hair wanting on the Rump, a gall'd scarry back. 1894 Monthly Packet Christmas No. 193 Scarry indentations [in buns] made by small dried currants. |
▪ III. † ˈscarry, a.3 Obs. rare—1.
? Thin, meagre.
| 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 239 But thay men wych haue the body more scarry, and the ouertures streyte, shulde vse Sotille diet and in lytill quantite. |