Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1896-1897
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SKARRACH, n. [′skɑrəx]
1. A flying shower of rain, a rainy gust (Ags., Fif. 1808 Jam.); a light fall of snow (Ags., Fif. 1970).Gall. a.1897 Rab Ringan's Plewman Cracks 15:
Let carkin' care outowre us drive, Like scarrachs snell and dreary.
2. Fig. a considerable quantity of liquor (Lth. 1808 Jam.).
[Orig. doubtful. Phs. for *scurroch, dim. or deriv. form of Scour, n.1]
