"ascurry" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From a- + scurry. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|scurry}} a- + scurry Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ascurry (not comparable)
  1. Scurrying; filled (with scurrying people or animals). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ascurry-en-adj-icw-ZxoB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-

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          "ref": "1988, William Horwood, Duncton Quest, London: Arrow, published 1989, Part 2, Chapter 19, p. 311",
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          "ref": "1998, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Dark Sleeper, New York: Ace Books, published 2000, Book 1, Chapter 11, p. 133",
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