scur

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See also: ščur and ščúr

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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scur (plural scurs)

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

Etymology 2

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Compare scour (to run).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, UK, dialect) To move hastily; to scour.
    • 1843, George Henry Borrow, The Bible in Spain:
      Here he whistled , and the animal , who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels , instantly returned with a gentle neigh

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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scur m (feminine scurã, plural scuri, feminine plural scuri or scure)

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

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian scuro, from Latin obscurus.

Adjective

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scur

  1. dark

Middle English

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Noun

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scur

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of schour

Old English

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Etymology

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

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sċūr m or f

  1. shower

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Old High German

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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scūr m

  1. shower
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *skūrō (shelter).

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scūr m

  1. shelter
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