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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCRABE, n. Also scraib; scraber.
1. The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus (Hebr. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 212).Sc. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 781:
Scraib and Scraber are also used [for the Shearwater] in Scotland.
2. The black guillemot, Uria grylle (w.Sc. 1698 M. Martin St Kilda 58). This usage was later current for a time among some zoologists (Sc. 1847 Bass Rock 396).
[The form fluctuates between scrabe and scraber, the first from Scand., e.g. Faer. skrápur, the shearwater, Dan. skraape, appar. imit. of its cry, the second from the Gael. borrowed form sgrabair.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Scrabe n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/scrabe>
