Definition of Scowp

1. to scamper [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scamper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scowp

scove
scow
scowder
scowdered
scowdering
scowders
scowed
scowing
scowl
scowled
scowler
scowlers
scowling
scowlingly
scowls
scowp (current term)
scowped
scowping
scowps
scowrer
scowrers
scowrie
scowries
scows
scowth
scowther
scowthers
scowths
scrab
scrabbed

Literary usage of Scowp

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

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"scowp, v. to scoop out. ... scowp, N. and W., to boot. ' Ah'll swap thä osses, an gi' thä a pund tï ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"'I can't scowp ought o' f soort,' cannot accomplish anything of the kind. ... Saucers are ' scowp-vfa ' in Lady Mary Montague's Letters ; last century. ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire: With Others by C. Clough Robinson (1876)
"scowp, v. to scoop out. ... scowp, N. and W., to boot. ' Ah'll swap thä osses, an gi' thä a pund tï ..."

4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"scowp, v. to scoop out. ... scowp, N. and W., to boot. ' Ah'll swap thä osses, an gi' thä a pund tï ..."

5. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"A draught of any liquor, SB BCOUP, scowp, ». 1. Abondance of room, 8. 2. ... To SCOUP, scowp, «. n. 1. To leap or move hastily from one place to another, 8. ..."

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