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▪ I. scarry, a.1|ˈskɑːrɪ| [f. scar n.1 + -y.] Precipitous, rocky.
1382Wiclif Job xxxix. 28 In heȝe sett scarri flintis [Vulg. in præruptis silicibus] he [sc. the eagle] bideth. 1577Harrison England i. xi. [xv.] 31 b, in Holinshed, The Ure..receyueth the Burne, by south west (as it dyd the Wile, from very deepe scarry rockes, before at Askaran). 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 80 A high, steep, scarry, and partially wooded bank. 1901H. Trench Deirdre Wed 32 Many a mountain's scarry flank. ▪ II. † ˈscarry, a.2 Obs. [f. scar n.2 + -y.] Of the nature of a scar; also, marked with scars.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. ii, If they might be reduc'd t'a scarry stuffe [F. à cicatrice]. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3113/4 The Hair wanting on the Rump, a gall'd scarry back. 1894Monthly Packet Christmas No. 193 Scarry indentations [in buns] made by small dried currants. ▪ III. † ˈscarry, a.3 Obs. rare—1. ? Thin, meagre.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 239 But thay men wych haue the body more scarry, and the ouertures streyte, shulde vse Sotille diet and in lytill quantite. |