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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
SHORE, n.2 A strip of grass or corn cut down by a scytheman between one sharpening of his blade and the next, a swath of mown grass or corn (Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[A conflation of Norw. skår, O.N. skári, id., and Shear.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Shore n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/shore_n2>
