scray
9.9
A hillside area covered in loose stones or gravel
- noun
- Archaic
:
piedra suelta
- Loose stones made the scray difficult to cross after the rain.
Examples
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Ancient paths wound their way up the scray toward the summit.
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The sheep grazed along the scray at the edge of the valley.
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The hikers rested on the rocky scray.
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He slipped on the scray while climbing.
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The sheep grazed along the scray at the edge of the valley.
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Loose stones made the scray difficult to cross after the rain.
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Ancient paths wound their way up the scray toward the summit.
Synonyms
2
9.1
A slope of loose stones at the base of a cliff
refers more generally to any stony hillside area and is archaic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scray is related to the everyday word scree, which comes from an old Norse idea of 'slide' and means a slope of loose stones, so scray describes a stony or gravelly area on a hillside.