scawn.
/skɔː/ A promontory.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun]
starteOE
nessOE
snookc1236
head1315
bill1382
foreland?a1400
capec1405
nook?a1425
mull1429
headland?c1475
point?c1475
nese1497
peak1548
promontory1548
arma1552
reach1562
butt1598
promontorea1600
horn1601
naze1605
promonta1607
bay1611
abutment1613
promontorium1621
noup1701
lingula1753
scaw1821
tang1822
odd1869
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 202 A child might travel with a purse of gold from Sumburgh-head to the Scaw of Unst, and no soul would injure him.
1842 H. W. Longfellow Skeleton in Armour xiv Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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