skerry.
A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
Meaning & usage
A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
Where this word comes from
From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
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