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▪ I. scrae, n.1 Sc. (skre) Also scray, skrae. [? Subst. use of scrae a.] 1. A diminutive or skinny person.1803 Jamieson in Scott Minstrelsy III. 363 [To a crying child], Lie still, ye skrae. 1823 Lockhart Reg. Dalton vii. ii. III. 119 Yon poor shaughlin' in-kneed bit scray of a thing! 1819 W. Tennan...
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Scrod
A similar meaning is found in Scots scrae: "fish dried in the sun without being salted", attested in 1806.
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scree
scree, n. (skriː) Also 9 erron. scrae. [a. ON. skriða landslip (Sw., Da. skred), cogn. w. skr{iacu}ða to slide, glide (= OE. scr{iacu}ðan to go, glide). The existing form of the sing. is prob. a back-formation from the pl. screes, in which the medial ð is dropped as in ‘clo'es’ for clothes.] A mass ...
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skrae-fish
skrae-fish local. (See quots. and scrae n.2)1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 630 Skrae-fish, fish dried in the sun without being salted. 1881 Day Fishes Gt. Brit. I. 295 Coal-fish,..also locally..skrae-fish.
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force
▪ I. force, n.1 (fɔəs) Forms: 3–6 fors, forse, (4 foors, forze), 3– force. [a. F. force (= Pr. forsa, forza, Sp. fuerza, Pg. for{cced}a, It. forza):—popular L. *fortia, n. of quality f. L. fortis strong.] I. Strength, power. † 1. a. Physical strength, might, or vigour, as an attribute of living bein...
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