"scaff" meaning in Scots

See scaff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Possibly a borrowing from Old Norse skafa (“to scrape together”). Etymology templates: {{bor|sco|non|skafa|t=to scrape together}} Old Norse skafa (“to scrape together”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun}} scaff
  1. food
    Sense id: en-scaff-sco-noun-wfAmWC~m Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for scaff meaning in Scots (0.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scots dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (46b31b8 and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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