scraber Sc.
(ˈskreɪbə(r))
[Of obscure origin; in Gaelic sgrabair. Cf. prec.]
A name for the Black Guillemot, Uria Grylle, and the Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum.
| 1698 M. Martin Voy. St. Kilda (1749) 30 The Scraber [the black Guillemot, Uria Grylle], so called in St. Kilda. 1768 Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 412. 1852 Macgillivray Brit. Birds V. 441 Puffinus Anglorum. The Manx Shearwater... Scrabe. Scraber. 1857 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds VI. 33 Black Guillemot. Common Scraber. |