sharn
(chiefly, Scotland) The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
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Also written scharn Chs.'°^; and in forms shaarn Sh.L ; shairin Sc. Nhb.'; shairn Sc. (Jam.) Cum.'*; shan w.Yks. ; sharan Nhb.' ; sharen N.Cy.' Nhb.' ; sharon Sc. ; shearn Sc. (Jam.); shern Sc. ; shorn Ken.' Sus.'^ Dev.; shurne Wil.' [Jarn, Jan.] 1. sb. Cow-dung. Cf. cow-sharn, scam.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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(chiefly, Scotland) The dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
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