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单词 scurdy
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scurdyn.

Forms: 1700s scurdie, 1700s skurdy, 1800s scurdy.
Origin: Probably from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Scurdy.
Etymology: Probably < Scurdy (in Scurdy Ness or Scurdie Ness, the name of a headland near Montrose in Angus, which is formed of this kind of rock).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscurdy.
Scottish ? Obsolete.
A kind of rock, whinstone.
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1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 71 Basaltine rocks are..called skurdy in the north of Scotland.
1866 D. Mitchell Hist. Montrose ii. 19 The town was built of trap rock or scurdy..with free stone dressings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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