Scur

//skɜː// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
Verb
  1. 1
    To move hastily; to scour. UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete

    "Here he whistled , and the animal , who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels , instantly returned with a gentle neigh"

Example

More examples

"Here he whistled , and the animal , who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels , instantly returned with a gentle neigh"

Etymology

Compare scour (“to run”).

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