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Quotation dates: 1883
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SKORD, n. Also scord. A deep indentation or depression in the sky-line of a hill at right angles to its ridge, a gully, crack, fissure (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 193, 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1970). Freq. in place-names in Sh. Cf. Score, n.2 [skɔrd]Sh. 1883 J. R. Tudor Ork. and Sh. 463:
The Scord of Scalloway as it is called.
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