Definition of Scraws

1. Noun. (plural of scraw) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scraws

1. scraw [n] - See also: scraw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scraws

scrawlingly
scrawlings
scrawls
scrawly
scrawm
scrawmed
scrawming
scrawms
scrawn
scrawnier
scrawniest
scrawnily
scrawniness
scrawninesses
scrawny
scraws (current term)
scray
scraye
scrayes
scrays
screak
screaked
screakier
screakily
screaking
screaks
screaky
scream
scream bloody murder
scream loudest

Literary usage of Scraws

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"During the last years of his life Carleton received a pension of £200. THE SICK SCHOLAR. over th "scraws," that is. th into thin ..."

2. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"During the last years of his life Carleton received a pension of £200. THE SICK SCHOLAR. over th "scraws," that is. th into thin ..."

3. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry by William Carleton (1896)
"Whilst one party cut the scraws, another bound the "couples" and ... were raised, the ribs laid on, then the wattles, and afterwards the scraws. ..."

4. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry by William Carleton (1896)
"Whilst one party cut the scraws, another bound the "couples" and ... were raised, the ribs laid on, then the wattles, and afterwards the scraws. ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"... and scraws"—Le., wild, natural wood, on his farm—he heard a child crying and asking for milk, and a voice replying, "Whisht, wean—whisht ! ..."

6. Irish Memories by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1918)
"scraws, and the business of conversation with ... cutting, and lifting the scraws on the blade of his narrow spade, and tossing them accurately on to their ..."

7. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1835)
"So he shot the cow out of hand, and then they dug a hole on the spot and buried her at last under the scraws, which they ought to have done at first, ..."

8. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"... and scraws"—Le., wild, natural wood, on his farm—he heard a child crying and asking for milk, and a voice replying, "Whisht, wean—whisht ! ..."

9. Irish Memories by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1918)
"scraws, and the business of conversation with ... cutting, and lifting the scraws on the blade of his narrow spade, and tossing them accurately on to their ..."

10. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1835)
"So he shot the cow out of hand, and then they dug a hole on the spot and buried her at last under the scraws, which they ought to have done at first, ..."

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