Machair (noun)
ma-kair
(in the western Highlands of Scotland) a strip of sandy, grassy, often lime-rich land just above the high-water mark at a sandy shore: used as grazing or arable land.
C17: from Scottish Gaelic
Example sentences
“The flora on the machair was beautiful, rare species in full bloom.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
