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scarry

adjective /ˈskɑːɹi/

  1. Like a scar, or rocky eminence.

    When it [the aurochs] is come to Maſham, it receyueth the Burne, by ſouth weſt (as it dyd the wile, from very déepe ſcarry rockes, befoꝛe at Aſkaran) and dyuers other wild rilles not woꝛthy to be remẽbꝛed, […]

Where it comes from

From Middle English scarri, equivalent to scar (“rocky eminence”) + -y.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry scarry (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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