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sker⋅ry

  [sker-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries. Chiefly Scot.
1. a small, rocky island.
2. a coastline with a series of such islands offshore.
Origin:
1605–15; Shetland dial. skerri a rock in the sea < ON sker (gen. pl. skerja) rock or reef (in the sea). See scar 2
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sker·ry   (skěr'ē)   
n.   pl. sker·ries
A small rocky reef or island.

[Scots, diminutive of Old Norse sker; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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