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Lexicographical Neighbors of Skran

Literary usage of Skran

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

1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To skran, va To make a promiscuous collection of things, either by fair or by foul means, Edin. ... skran-POCK, i. 1. A beggar's wallet, Loth. 2. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To skran, va To make a promiscuous collection of things, either by fair or by foul means, ... To skran, rn To pang to ..."

3. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1867)
""We have also the compound, skran-time, meal-time.—Wh. Gloss. SEGO, sb. A bull castrated after it has grown to maturity ; often bull-segg. ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"skran, ». 1. A promiscuous collection of eatables, however collected ; [also ... To skran, va To get hold of ; to collect in whatever way, either by fair or ..."

5. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... of the table that arc given to him, Loth. trial of the Radicals at Falkirk, Л. 181.О. To skran, г. и. To gang to skran, or to be cacti ..."

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