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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1681
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(Scrotch,) Scroatch, v. [Sc. metathetic var. of late ME and ME scorch, of doubtful origin; perhaps related to ON skorpna to be shrivelled (ODEE).] To scorch, burn. — 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) i 5.
When summers heats Scroatcheth the Magellaniq straits
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