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scrabe Sc. and north.|skreɪb|
Also 7 skrabe, 9 scraib.
[a. Da. scrabe, ad. Faerose skrápur: cf. next.]
The Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum.
1676J. S. tr. Debes' Descr. Færoe ii. 144 The other eatable Sea Fowls are found in great quantities.., namely the Skrabe [etc.]. Ibid. 145 The Skrabe builds..under the Earth, scraping with its Beak and Claws,..whence it is called Skrabe. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 781 note, Scraib and Scraber are also used [for the Shearwater] in Scotland. |