Definition of Scarre

1. an unexplained Shakespearian word [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarre

scarpaing
scarpas
scarped
scarper
scarpered
scarpering
scarpers
scarph
scarphed
scarphing
scarphs
scarping
scarpings
scarproof
scarps
scarre (current term)
scarred
scarres
scarrier
scarriest
scarring
scarring alopecia
scarrings
scarry
scars
scart
scarted
scarth
scarths
scarting

Literary usage of Scarre

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

1. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John BRITTON (1838)
"... a high scarre, or a hill. Hence, says Somner, " the tor by Glastonbury, and divers in Cheshire, and elsewhere." Chaucer, in the Romance of the Rose, ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1846)
"... yet, as I have had no long time to brood hope, and have not rioted in imaginary opulence, this cold reception has been scarre a disappointment; and, ..."

3. Northamptonshire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly Journal by Christopher Alexander Markham (1886)
"In the account of money laid out in 1356 by Andrew scarre for sir William Cecil, is this item: "first, ..."

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