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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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skreich
,
screich
noun
skraich o day
,
skreek o day
the first light of day; the crack of dawn:
…
I heard someone bellowing and shouting at the screich of the following day.
17-
.
etymology:
Scots; origin obscure; attested by
ET
and
BW