scur

English

Etymology 1

Noun

scur (plural scurs)

1. (veterinary) A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

Etymology 2

Compare scour (“to run”).

Verb

scur (third-person singular simple present scurs, present participle scurring, simple past and past participle scurred)

1. (intransitive, obsolete, Britain, dialect) To move hastily; to scour.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• crus, curs, rucs

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• scuru

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Latin obscūrus, perhaps through the intermediate of Italian scuro.

Adjective

scur

1. dark brown (usually of hair)
2. (figuratively) sombre

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old High German scūr, Old Norse skúr, from PIE root *kew-(e)ro-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːr/

Noun

sċūr ?

1. shower

Descendants

• Middle English: shour, schur, showre
  • English: shower

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skūrō, whence also Old Saxon skūr, Old English scūr, Old Norse skúr.

Noun

scūr ?

1. shower

Descendants

• Middle High German: schūre, schūr, schoure, schour
  • German: Schauer