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scraughnoun(Scotland, countable) A screech.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
heughnoun(Scotland, Northumbria) A steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river
scaupnounAny of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
scarpnoun(geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
screenoun(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
scarpmentnounAlternative form of escarpment. [A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.]
scawnoun(Cornwall) An elder tree.
braenoun(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
escarpmentnounA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
scragnoun(UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
scroagnoun(Scotland) Alternative spelling of scrog. [A stunted or shrivelled bush.]
scarpingnounThe formation of cliffs by erosion.
scorienounAlternative form of scaurie. [(Shetland) The young of any gull.]
scoreynounAlternative form of scaurie. [(Shetland) The young of any gull.]
brooghnoun(chiefly Isle of Man) A steep bank or grassy cliff.
skelpnounA blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.
screednounA piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
escarpnounObsolete spelling of scarp. [The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.]
anti-scarpnoun(geology) An uphill-facing scarp

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