scur

noun, verb — 2 senses

scur

noun

AU, UK /skɜː/ · US /skɝ/

1

Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Pathology, Sciences, Veterinary, Zoology A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

scur

verb

Etymology Compare scour (“to run”).

1

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete To move hastily; to scour.

Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh.1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.:

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