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skerry

[ sker-ee ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.
, plural sker·ries.
  1. a small, rocky island.
  2. a coastline with a series of such islands offshore.


skerry

/ ˈskɛrɪ /

noun

  1. a small rocky island
  2. a reef
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of skerry1

1605–15; Shetland dial. skerri a rock in the sea < Old Norse sker (genitive plural skerja ) rock or reef (in the sea). See scar 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skerry1

C17: Orkney dialect, from Old Norse sker scar ²
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Example Sentences

Skerry Hill was the absurdly-named trading store of a man named Minton, and at present it was in a state of siege.

But he was so much more sharp-sighted than they, that he was able to discern men upon the skerry. '

There was only one spot where even in moderate weather a landing could be without difficulty effected on Ossa Skerry.

At last they got sufficiently to the westward to look along the outer side of Ossa Skerry.

I've boiled 'undreds of 'em—Skerry blues, magnums, queen of them all, Cheshires—none of 'em takes more than half an hour.

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