scraugh

1. (Scotland, countable) A screech.Examples: "Allan Ravenswood, that was then master, wi' a bended pistol in his hand, - it was a mercy it gaed na aff, -- crying to me, that had scarce as much wind left as serve the necessary purpose of my ain lungs, 'Sound, you poltron! sound, you damned cowardly villain or I will blow your brains out !” and, to be sure, blew sic points of war, that the scraugh of a clockin-hen was music to them."; "The old woman o'er the way To our cheer a scraugh gave back ;"; "She haird the scraugh, and Mr. Boriloff frighted her half asleep as she was, by sayin' the R- r- revolution is corne!"Scotlandcountable

2. (Ireland, uncountable) Sod.Examples: "The sod, or scraugh, which had been used to cover the mouth of the vessel, and prevent the bones which it contained from falling out, still held together."; "I also have the scraugh I took from the field behind the house, and every time I looks at it I thinks of the poor ould home."; "Some thought that he must actually have swum under water till he was beneath the scraugh, so as to render rescue impossible and make sure of anathema!"Irelanduncountable