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swaar

nounwork

strip of scythed grain or grass

a strip of harvested grain or mown grass produced by a scythe; the point of deepest darkness in the short summer night

Example in use

We sat oot till the swaar.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/SWAAR/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutralalso: swear

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