skerry

(skerē)

noun pl. skerries

Scot. an isolated rock or reef in the sea

Origin: via Orkney dial. < ON sker, reef (< IE base *sker-, to cut > shear) + ey, island

See skerry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sker·ries
A small rocky reef or island.

Origin:

Origin: Scots

Origin: , diminutive of Old Norse sker; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots

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