An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

SCOWRY, adj. Showery, S.
Ferguson.

A. S. scur, imber.

SCOWRY, SCOURIE, adj.
1. Shabby in appearance, S.
Dunbar.
2. Mean in conduct, niggardly, S. O.
3. Appearing as if dried or parched, S. A.

Corr. from E. scurvy.

Gl. Sibb.

Scowrie, s. A scurvy fellow, S. O.
R. Galloway.

SCRAB, s.
1. A crab-apple.
Douglas.

Belg. schrabb-en, mordicare.

2. In pl. stumps of heath or roots, S. B.
Ross.

SCRABBER, s. The Greenland dove.
Martin.