Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dwarfed or stunted horn. See the quotation.
- To graze, skim, or touch lightly; jerk.
- To scour; pass over rapidly, as on horseback.
- To run or fly; flit hurriedly; scour.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To move hastily; to scour.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun veterinary A
distorted horn ,regrown after thedisbudding operation of agoat ,sheep , orcow . - verb intransitive, obsolete, UK, dialect To move hastily; to scour.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The hunchback shifted his weight to his good foot and counted the seconds before his servant's shadow scur - ried up to him.
Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003
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The hunchback shifted his weight to his good foot and counted the seconds before his servant's shadow scur - ried up to him.
Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990
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Again counting her steps, and putting blind faith in the good judgment of dwarven delvers, she sprinted another dozen paces, then stopped, turned to her right, and scur - ried forward.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Again counting her steps, and putting blind faith in the good judgment of dwarven delvers, she sprinted another dozen paces, then stopped, turned to her right, and scur - ried forward.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Again counting her steps, and putting blind faith in the good judgment of dwarven delvers, she sprinted another dozen paces, then stopped, turned to her right, and scur - ried forward.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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In the hunt - ing of “Leviathan” which ensued (see Mintz) perhaps only the Cambridge Platonists managed to shun scur - rility.
HIERARCHY AND ORDER C. A. PATRIDES 1968
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Gallows Point is called, by which a long stretch would be saved, and we were cracking on cheerily, my mind full of my recent promotion, when, scur, scur, scur, we stuck fast on the bank.
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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MeMi: e greu sa scriu in dreptunghiul asta ... scur si la obiect vreau sa-mi recomandati sitcomuri noi. .care sa aiba 1 2 3 si sa fie in derulare.
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Next Week: More stories to scur the scivvies off ya.
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Hrace it at once, as we have before related, was, that personal abase and the from a state of indigence and dis - nsost licentioas and ancandid scur - tress, to taste the comforts of very iriltty continually flowed from his considerable emoluments frona his
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782
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