Schooner.
Schooner, skōōn′ėr,n.a sharp-built, swift-sailing vessel, generally two-masted, rigged either with fore-and-aft sails on both masts, or with square top and topgallant sails on the foremast: an old form of covered emigrant-wagon: a large drinking-glass.—n.Schoon′er-smack, a sharp-bowed schooner. [Coined in New England from the prov. Eng.scoon(Scot.scon), to make a flat stone skip along the surface of water; A.S.scúnian.]
Schorl, shorl,n.black tourmaline—alsoShorl.—adjs.Schorlā′ceous,Schor′lous,Schor′ly. [Ger.schörl, prob. from Sw.skör, brittle.]
Schottische, sho-tēsh′,n.a dance resembling a polka, danced by a couple: music adapted for the dance.—AlsoSchottish′. [Ger., 'Scottish.']
Schout, skout,n.a municipal officer in the North American Dutch colonies. [Dut.]
Schrankia, shrang′ki-a,n.a genus of leguminous plants, whose six species are all American—including thesensitive-briar. [Named from the German naturalist F. von PaulaSchrank(1747-1835).]
Schuchin, skuch′in,n.an obsolete form ofescutcheon.
Schweinitzia, shwī-nit′zi-a,n.a genus of gamopetalous plants of the Indian-pipe family, including the sweet pine-sap or Carolina beech-drops. [The Amer. botanist L. D. vonSchweinitz(1780-1834).]
Schwenkfelder, shwengk′fel-dėr,n.a member of a religious sect, founded by Caspar vonSchwenkfeld(1490-1561), still found in Pennsylvania.—AlsoSchwenk′feldian.
Sciadiaceæ, sī-ad-i-ā′sē-ē,n.a family of fresh-water algæ, its typical genusSciadium.
Sciagraphy, sī-ag′ra-fi,n.the art of casting and delineating shadows as they fall in nature: (archit.) the vertical section of a building to show its interior structure: the art of dialling.—ns.Scī′agraph;Scīag′rapher.—adjs.Scīagraph′ic,-al.—adv.Scīagraph′ically. [Gr.skiagraphia—skia, a shadow,graphein, to write.]
Sciamachy, sī-am′a-ki,n.Same asSciomachy.
Sciametry, sī-am′e-tri,n.the doctrine of eclipses. [Gr.skia, shadow,metrein, to measure.]
Sciara, sī′a-ra,n.a genus of gnats or midges. [Gr.skiaros, shady—skia, a shadow.]
Sciath, sī′ath,n.an oblong shield of wicker-work formerly used in Ireland. [Ir.sciath.]
Sciatheric,-al, sī-a-ther′ik, -al,adj.pertaining to a sundial. [Gr.skiathēron—skia, shadow,theran, catch.]
Sciatica, sī-at′i-ka,n.a neuralgic affection of the great sciatic nerve.—adjs.Sciat′ic,-al, pertaining to, or affecting, the hip, ischiac.—adv.Sciat′ically. [Low L.sciatica—Gr.ischion.]
Science, sī′ens,n.knowledge systematised: truth ascertained: pursuit of knowledge or truth for its own sake: knowledge arranged under general truths and principles: that which refers to abstract principles, as distinguished from 'art:' pre-eminent skill: trade: a department of knowledge.—n.Scib′ile, something capable of being known.—adjs.Scī′enced, versed, learned;Scī′ent, knowing;Scien′tial(Milt.), producing science: skilful;Scientif′ic,-al(obs.), producing or containing science: according to, or versed in, science: used in science: systematic: accurate.—adv.Scientif′ically.—ns.Scī′entism, the view of scientists;Scī′entist, one who studies science, esp. natural science.—adjs.Scientis′tic.—adv.Scī′ently, knowingly.—n.Scient′olism, false science, superficial knowledge.—Scientific frontier, a term used by Lord Beaconsfield in 1878 in speaking of the rectification of the boundaries between India and Afghanistan, meaning a frontier capable of being occupied and defended according to the requirements of the science of strategy, in opposition to 'a hap-hazard frontier.'—Absolute science, knowledge of things in themselves;Applied science, when its laws are exemplified in dealing with concrete phenomena;Dismal science, political economy;Gay science, a medieval name for belles-lettres and poetry generally, esp. amatory poetry;Inductive science(seeInduct);Liberal science, a science cultivated from love of knowledge, without view to profit;Mental science, mental philosophy, psychology;Moral science, ethics, the science of right and wrong, moral responsibility;Occult science, a name applied to the physical sciences of the middle ages, also to magic, sorcery, witchcraft, &c.;Sanitary science(seeSanitary);The exact sciences, the mathematical sciences;The science, the art of boxing;The seven liberal sciences, grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy—these were the sevenTerrestrial sciences, as opposed to the sevenCelestial sciences, civil law, Christian law, practical theology, devotional theology, dogmatic theology, mystic theology, and polemical theology. [Fr.,—L.scientia—sciens,-entis, pr.p. ofscīre, to know.]
Scil, an abbreviation ofscilicet.
Scilicet, sil′i-set,adv.to wit, namely, videlicet.
Scilla, sil′a,n.a genus of liliaceous plants, as the squill. [L.,—Gr.skilla, a sea-onion.]
Scillocephalus, sil-ō-sef′a-lus,n.a person with a conical cranium.—adjs.Scilloceph′alous. [Gr.skilla, a squill,kephalē, a head.]
Scimitar, sim′i-tar,n.a short, single-edged curved sword, broadest at the point end, used by the Turks and Persians.—n.Scim′itar-pod, a strong, shrubby climber of the tropics. [O. Fr.cimeterre—Old It.cimitara—Turk.,—Pers.shimshīr(perh. 'lion's claw,'sham, a claw,shīr,sher, a lion); or perh. through Sp.cimitarra, from Basquecimeterra, something 'with a fine edge.']
Scincoid, sing′koid,n.one of a family of saurian reptiles, the typical genus of which is theScin′cusor skink.—adjs.like a skink. [L.scincus—Gr.skingkos, a kind of lizard,eidos, form.]
Scindapsus, sin-dap′sus,n.a genus of climbing plants.
Scintilla, sin-til′a,n.a spark: a glimmer: the least particle: a trace: a genus of bivalve molluscs: a genus of lepidopterous insects.—adjs.Scin′tillant;Scin′tillante(mus.), brilliant.—v.i.Scin′tillate, to throw out sparks: to sparkle.—n.Scintillā′tion, act of throwing out sparks: shining with a twinkling light.—adj.Scintilles′cent, scintillating feebly.—n.Scintillom′eter, an instrument for measuring the intensity of scintillation of the stars. [L., a spark.]
Sciography, sī-og′ra-fi,n.Same asSciagraphy.
Sciolism, sī′ō-lizm,n.superficial knowledge.—n.Scī′olist, one who knows anything superficially: a pretender to science.—adjs.Scīolis′tic, pertaining to, or partaking of, sciolism: pertaining to, or resembling, a sciolist;Scī′olous. [L.sciolus, dim. ofscius, knowing—scīre, to know.]
Sciolto, shi-ol′tō,adj.(mus.) free, unrestrained. [It.]
Sciomachy, sī-om′a-ki,n.a battle or fighting with shadows: imaginary or futile combat.—AlsoSciam′achy. [Gr.skiamachia,skiomachia—skia, shadow,machē, battle.]
Sciomancy, sī′ō-man-si,n.divination by means of the shades of the dead.
Scion, sī′on,n.a cutting or twig for grafting: a young member of a family: a descendant. [O. Fr.sion,cion—L.section-em, a cutting—secāre, to cut.]
Scioptic, sī-op′tik,adj.noting a certain optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, consisting of a globe with a lens fitted to a camera, and made to turn like the eye—alsoSciop′tric.—ns.Sciop′ticon;Sciop′tics. [Gr.skia, shadow,optikos, pertaining to sight.]
Sciotheism, sī′ō-thē-izm,n.ancestor-worship.
Sciotheric. Same asSciatheric(q.v.).
Scious, scī′us,adj.(obs.) knowing.
Scire facias, sī′re fā′shi-as,n.(law) a writ to enforce the execution of judgments, or to quash them.
Scirpus, sir′pus,n.a genus of monocotyledonous plants, including the bulrushes. [L., a rush.]
Scirrhus, skir′us, or sir′us,n.(med.) a hardened gland forming a tumour: a hardening, esp. that preceding cancer.—adjs.Scirr′hoid, resembling scirrhus;Scirr′hous, hardened, proceeding from scirrhus. [L.,—Gr.skirros,skiros, a tumour.]
Scirtopod, sir′tō-pod,adj.having limbs fitted for leaping.—n.pl.Scirtop′oda, an order of saltatorial rotifers. [Gr.skirtan, leap,pous, foot.]
Sciscitation, sis-i-tā′shun,n.(obs.) the act of inquiry: demand. [L.,—sciscitāri, to inquire—sciscĕre, to seek to know—scīre, to know.]
Scissel, sis′el,n.the clippings of various metals: scrap—alsoSciss′il. [O. Fr.cisaille—ciseler—cisel, a chisel (q.v.). The spelling has been adapted in the interests of a fancied connection with L.scindĕre,scissum, to divide.]
Scissors, siz′orz,n.pl.a cutting instrument consisting of two blades fastened at the middle: shears.—v.i.Scise, sīz (obs.), to cut: to penetrate.—adjs.Sciss′ible,Sciss′ile, capable of being cut.—ns.Scis′sion, the act of cutting: division: splitting;Scissipar′ity, reproduction by fission.—v.t.Sciss′or, to cut with scissors.—ns.Sciss′or-bill, a skimmer;Sciss′or-tail, an American bird, the scissor-tailed fly-catcher;Sciss′or-tooth, the sectorial tooth of a carnivore which cuts against its fellow;Scissū′ra(anat.), a fissure, a cleft;Scis′sure, a cleft: a fissure: a rupture: a division;Scissurel′la, a genus of gasteropods with a shell deeply cut. [Formerly writtencisors—O. Fr.cisoires, conn. with Fr.ciseaux, scissors, from Late L.cisorium, a cutting instrument—L.cædĕre,cæsum, to cut.]
Sciuridæ, sī-ū′ri-dē,n.a family of rodent mammals containing the squirrels and their allies.—adjs.Scī′ūrine,Scī′ūroid.—ns.Sciūrop′terus, one of two genera of flying squirrels;Sciū′rus, a genus ofSciuridæ, the arboreal squirrels. [Gr.skiouros.]
Sclate, sklāt,n.an obs. or prov. form ofslate.
Sclave,Sclavonian, &c. SeeSlav,Slavonic.
Sclera, sklē′ra,n.the sclerotic coat of the eye-ball.—n.Sclē′ragogy, severe discipline.—adj.Sclē′ral.—ns.Sclēran′thus, a genus of apetalous plants, including the knawel or German knot-grass;Sclere, in sponges, a skeletal element;Sclērench′yma, the hard parts of corals or plants.—adj.Sclerenchym′atous.—ns.Sclē′ria, a genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the sedge family;Sclerī′asis, sclerodermia;Sclē′rite, any hard part of the integument of arthropods.—adj.Sclerit′ic.—n.Sclē′robase, a dense corneous mass, as in red coral.—adj.Sclerobā′sic.—ns.Sclērobrā′chia, an order of brachiopods;Sclē′roderm, hardened integument or exo-skeleton, esp. of a coral: a madrepore.—n.pl.Scleroder′mata, the scaly reptiles: the madrepores.—n.Sclēroder′mia, a chronic non-inflammatory affection of the skin, which becomes thick and rigid.—adjs.Scleroder′mic,Scleroder′mous,Sclerodermit′ic.—ns.Scleroder′mite;Sclē′rogen, the thickening matter of woody cells, as in walnut-shells, &c.—adjs.Sclerog′enous, producing sclerous tissue: mail-cheeked, as a fish;Sclē′roid, hard, scleritic.—ns.Sclērō′ma, sclerosis;Sclēromē′ninx, the dura mater;Sclērom′eter, an instrument for measuring the hardness of a mineral.—adjs.Sclērō′sal,Sclē′rosed.—ns.Sclērō′sis, a hardening: (bot.) the induration of a tissue;Sclēros′toma, a genus of nematode worms;Sclērō′tal, a bone of the eye-ball.—adj.relating to such.—adj.Sclērot′ic, hard, firm, applied esp. to the outer membrane of the eye-ball: pertaining to sclerosis: relating to ergot.—n.the outermost membrane of the eye-ball.—ns.Sclērotī′tis, inflammation of the sclerotic;Sclērō′tium, a hard, multicellular tuber-like body formed towards the end of the vegetative season by the close union of the ordinary mycelial filaments of Fungi.—adjs.Sclē′rous, hard or indurated: ossified or bony;Sclērur′ine, having stiff, hard tail-feathers, as a bird of the genusSclerurus. [Gr.sklēros, hard.]
Scoat, skōt,v.t.to prop, to block, to scotch, as a wheel.—AlsoScote. [O. Fr.ascouter—ascot, a branch—Teut., Old High Ger.scuz, a shoot; Ger.schuss.]
Scobby, skob′i,n.the chaffinch.—AlsoScō′by.
Scobs, skobz,n.sawdust: shavings: dross of metals.—adj.Scob′iform, resembling sawdust or raspings.—n.Scobī′na, the pedicle of the spikelets of grasses. [L.scobis—scabĕre, to scrape.]
Scoff, skof,v.t.to mock: to treat with scorn.—v.i.to show contempt or scorn: to deride, taunt, gibe.—n.an expression of scorn or contempt: an object of scoffing.—n.Scoff′er.—adv.Scoff′ingly, in a scoffing manner: with mockery or contempt. [Old Fris.schof; Ice.skaup, cf. Old Dut.schoppen, to scoff.]
Scoganism, skō′gan-izm,n.a scurrilous jesting. [FromScogan, the name of a famous jester.]
Scogie, skō′ji,n.(Scot.) a kitchen drudge.
Scold, skōld,v.i.to rail in a loud and violent manner: to find fault.—v.t.to chide rudely: to rebuke in words.—n.a rude, clamorous woman: a termagant.—ns.Scold′er;Scold′ing, railing: a rating;Scold′ing-stool, a cucking-stool. [Old Dut.scheldan; Ger.schelten, to brawl, to scold.]
Scolecida, skō-les′i-da,n.a class of worms consisting of the wheel-animalcules, turbellarians, trematode worms, &c.—adj.Scolec′iform.—ns.Scolecī′na, a group of annelids typified by the earth-worm—alsoScoleī′na;Scol′ecīte, a hydrous silicate of aluminium and calcium.—adjs.Scolē′coid, like a scolex;Scolēcoph′agous, worm-eating, as a bird.—n.Scolecoph′agus, a genus of birds including the maggot-eaters or rusty grackles.—n.pl.Scolecophid′ia, a division of angiostomous serpents.—adj.Scolecophid′ian, worm-like, as a snake.—n.Scō′lex, the embryo of an entozoic worm. [Gr.skōlēx, a worm.]
Scolia, skō-li-a,n.a genus of fossorial hymenopterous insects. [Gr.skōlos, a prickle.]
Scoliodon, skō-lī′ō-don,n.the genus containing the oblique-toothed sharks. [Gr.skolios, oblique,odous,odontis, a tooth.]
Scolisois, skol-i-ō′sis,n.lateral curvature of the spinal column.—adj.Scoliot′ic. [Gr.,—skolios, oblique.]
Scolite, skō′līt,n.a fossil worm or its trace. [Gr.skolios, oblique.]
Scollop. Same asScallop.
Scolopaceous, skol-ō-pā′shi-us,adj.resembling a snipe.—n.pl.Scolopac′idæ, a family of wading-birds containing snipes, &c.—adjs.Scol′opacine,Scol′opacoid.—n.Scol′opax. [L.scolopax, a snipe.]
Scolopendra, skol-ō-pen′dra,n.a genus ofMyriapoda, having a long, slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, and having at least twenty-one pairs of legs: (Spens.) an imaginary fish or sea-monster.—adj.Scolopen′driform,Scolopen′drine.—n.Scolopen′drium, a genus of asplenioid ferns, generally calledHart's-tongue. [L.,—Gr.skolopendra, a milliped.]
Scolytus, skol′i-tus,n.typical genus ofScolyt′idæ, a family of bark beetles.—adj.Scol′ytoid. [Gr.skolyptein, to strip.]
Scomber, skom′bėr,n.a genus of acanthopterygian fishes typical of the familyScombridæ, to which belong mackerel, tunnies, bonitos, &c.—ns.Scomber′esox, the mackerel pikes, saury pikes, or sauries;Scomberom′orus, the Spanish mackerel and related species.—adjs.Scom′briform,Scom′brid,-al,Scom′broid. [L.,—Gr.skombros, a mackerel.]
Scomfish, skom′fish,v.t.(Scot.) to suffocate by bad air: to nauseate: to discomfit.—v.i.to be suffocated. [A corr. of obs.scomfit=discomfit.]
Scomm, skom,n.(obs.) a flout: a buffoon. [L.scomma—Gr.skōmma, a jest.]
Sconce, skons,n.a bulwark: a small fort: a protective headpiece, hence the head, the skull, brains, wits: a covered stall: a fine: a seat in an old-fashioned open chimney-place, a chimney-seat: a fragment of an icefloe.—v.t.to fortify: to tax, to fine lightly, at Oxford and Cambridge, for some irregularity. [O. Fr.esconcer, to conceal—L.abscondĕre,absconsum.]
Sconce, skons,n.the part of a candlestick for the candle: a hanging candlestick with a mirror to reflect the light: a lantern. [O. Fr.esconse—Low L.absconsa, a dark-lantern—abscondĕre, to hide.]
Sconcheon. Same asSquinch.
Scone, skōn,n.(Scot.) a soft cake fired on a griddle. [Perh. Gael.sgonn, a shapeless mass.]
Scoon, skōōn,v.t.to skim along like a vessel: (Scot.) to skip flat stones on the surface of water. [Scun.]
Scoop, skōōp,v.t.to lift up, as water, with something hollow: to empty with a ladle: to make hollow: to dig out: to dredge for grain: to get before a rival newspaper in publishing some important piece of news.—n.anything hollow for scooping: a large hollow shovel or ladle: a banker's shovel: a coal-scuttle: a haul of money made in speculation: a place hollowed out: a sweeping stroke: (Scot.) the peak of a cap: the act of beating another newspaper in publishing some news.—ns.Scoop′er, an engraver's tool;Scoop′ing, the action of the right whale in feeding;Scoop′-net, a hand-net;Scoop′-wheel, a wheel having buckets attached to its circumference, used for raising water. [Prob. Scand., Sw.skopa, a scoop; or Old Dut.schœpe, a shovel, Ger.schüppe, a shovel.]
Scoot, skōōt,v.i.to make off with celerity.—v.t.(Scot.) to squirt.—n.a sudden flow of water: a squirt. [A variant ofshoot.]
Scopa, skō′pa,n.(entom.) a mass of stiff hairs like a brush.—n.Scopā′ria, a genus of pyralid moths: a genus of gamopetalous plants—the West Indiansweet bromweed.—adjs.Scopā′rious, scopiform;Scō′pate, covered with stiff hairs;Scōpif′erous, brushy;Scō′piform, broom-shaped.—ns.Scop′ula(entom.), a small brush-like organ;Scopulā′ria, in a sponge, the besom-shaped spicule.—adjs.Scop′ūlate, broom-shaped;Scop′ūliform, scopiform;Scop′ūliped,Scō′piped, having brushy feet, as solitary bees. [L.scopa, twigs.]
Scope, skōp,n.that which one sees, space as far as one can see: room or opportunity for free outlook: space for action: the end before the mind: intention: length of cable at which a vessel rides at liberty: a target.—adjs.Scope′ful, with a wide prospect;Scope′less, purposeless, useless. [It.scopo—Gr.skopos—skopein, to view.]
Scope, skōp,n.(obs.) a bundle, as of twigs. [L.scopa, twigs.]
Scopelidæ, skō-pel′i-dē,n.pl.a family of deep-water teleostean fishes, the typical genusScop′elus. [Gr.skopelos, a rock.]
Scopidæ, skop′i-dē,n.pl.an African family of wading-birds, as the shadow-birds, the typical genusScō′pus.
Scopious, skō′pi-us,adj.(obs.) spacious.
Scopperil, skop′e-ril,n.a top: teetotum: the bone-foundation of a button. [Ice.skoppa, to spin.]
Scops, skops,n.the screech-owl. [Gr.skōps.]
Scoptic, skop′tik,adj.mocking: jesting. [Scomm.]
Scopulous, skop′ū-lus,adj.full of rocks. [L.scopulus—Gr.skopelos, a high rock.]
Scorbutic,-al, skor-bū′tik, -al,adj.pertaining to, resembling, or diseased with scurvy. [Low L.scorbutus, scurvy, prob. from Old Low Ger.schorbock, scurvy, Old Dut.scheurbuyck, scurvy. Prob. orig. meaning 'rupture of the belly,' for Old Dut.scheuren, to tear,buyck(mod. Dut.buik), the belly.]
Scorch, skorch,v.t.to burn slightly: to roast highly: to affect painfully with heat: to singe: to attack with virulence.—v.i.to be burned on the surface: to be dried up: (slang) to ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.—ns.Scorched′-car′pet,-wing, British geometrid moths;Scorch′er, anything that scorches, a very caustic rebuke, criticism, &c.: one who rides a bicycle furiously on a road;Scorch′ing.—p.adj.burning superficially: bitterly sarcastic, scathing.—adv.Scorch′ingly.—n.Scorch′ingness. [O. Fr.escorcher, from Low L.excorticare—L.ex, off,cortex,corticis, bark; or prob. Scand., Norw.skrekka, to shrink.]
Scordato, skōr-dä′tō,adj.(mus.) put out of tune.—n.Scordatū′ra, in stringed musical instruments, an intentional departure from the normal tuning. [It.]
Score, skōr,n.a mark or notch for keeping count: a line drawn: the number twenty, once represented by a larger notch: a reckoning: a debt: the register of the various points of play in a game: account: reason: the original draught of a musical composition with all the parts, or its transcript.—v.t.to mark with notches or lines: to furrow: to set down: to charge: to engrave: to braid: to note: to enter: to make points, &c., in certain games.—v.i.to keep, or to run up, a score: to succeed in making points, &c., in a game.—ns.Scōr′er, one who keeps the marks in a game;Scōr′ing, the act of one who, or that which, scores: a deep groove made by glacial action: the act of repeatedly bringing a racer and his rider to the starting-point, so as to get a fair start.—Go off at score, to make a spirited start;Pay off old scores, to repay old grudges;Run up a score, to run up a debt. [A.S.scor—sceran(pa.p.scoren), to shear.]
Scoria, skō′ri-a,n.dross or slag left from metal or ores after being under fire: a genus of geometrid moths:—pl.Scō′riæ, volcanic ashes.—adjs.Scō′riac,Scoriā′ceous.—ns.Scorificā′tion, the act or operation of reducing a body to scoria: a method of assaying by fusing the ore with metallic lead and borax in a scorifier;Scor′ifīer, a flat dish used in such a form of assaying.—adj.Scō′riform, like scoria.—v.t.Scō′rify, to reduce to slag.—adj.Scō′rious. [L.,—Gr.skōria.]
Scorn, skorn,n.disdain caused by a mean opinion of anything: extreme contempt: object of contempt.—v.t.to hold in extreme contempt: to disdain: to make a mock of.—v.i.to scoff: to jeer.—n.Scor′ner, one who scorns: (B.) one who scoffs at religion: a scoffer.—adj.Scorn′ful, full of scorn: contemptuous: disdainful.—adv.Scorn′fully.—ns.Scorn′fulness;Scor′ning.—Laugh to scorn(B.), to deride;Think scorn, to disdain or despise. [O. Fr.escarn, mockery—Old High Ger.skern, mockery.]
Scorodite, skor′ō-dīt,n.a hydrous arseniate of iron.—AlsoSkor′odite. [Gr.skorodon,skordon, garlic.]
Scorpæna, skor-pē′na,n.a genus of fishes, the typical genus ofScorpæ′nidæ, a family including the rose-fish, the Californian rock-fish, and their allies. [L.,—Gr.skorpaina, a fish.]
Scorper, skor′pėr,n.a gouging-chisel [Forscauper.]
Scorpion, skor′pi-un,n.a name applicable to any member of the familyScorpionidæ, included along with spiders, mites, &c. in the heterogeneous classArachnida—they have an elongated body, claws like the lobster, and a poisonous sting in the tail: one of the signs of the zodiac: (B.) a whip with points like a scorpion's tail: an old military engine: any person of virulent hatred or animosity.—n.Scor′pio, a scorpion: (astron.) a constellation and the eighth sign of the zodiac.—adj.Scor′pioid, curled like the tail of a scorpion.—n.Scor′pion-bug, a large predacious water-beetle.—n.pl.Scorpiō′nes, true scorpions, a sub-order ofArachnida.—ns.Scor′pion-fish, a sea-scorpion;Scor′pion-fly, an insect having its abdomen curled like a scorpion;Scor′pion-grass, the forget-me-not: the mouse-ear;Scorpion′ida, an order ofArachnida, containing the Scorpiones or true scorpions;Scor′pion-lob′ster, a long-tailed crustacean;Scor′pion-plant, a Javan orchid with large creamy flower supposed to resemble a spider;Scor′pion-shell, a gasteropod distinguished by long, channelled spines;Scor′pion-spī′der, a whip-scorpion;Scor′pion-wort, a leguminous plant native of southern Europe;Scorpiū′rus, a genus of leguminous plants named scorpion's tail. [Fr.,—L.scorpio—Gr.skorpios.]
Scorse. Same asScourse(2).
Scortatory, skor′ta-tō-ri,adj.pertaining to lewdness. [L.scortator, a fornicator—scortum, a whore.]
Scorza, skor′za,n.a variety of epidote. [It.]
Scorzonera, skor-zō-nē′ra,n.a genus of Old World herbs of the Aster family—Viper's Grass. [It.,scorza, bark,nera, black, fem. ofnero—L.niger, black.]
Scot, skot,n.a payment, esp. a customary tax—alsoShot.—adj.Scot′-free, free from scot or payment: untaxed: unhurt, safe.—Scot and lot, an old legal phrase embracing all parochial assessments for the poor, the church, lighting, cleansing, and watching. [A.S.scot,sceot—scéotan, to shoot.]
Scot, skot,n.a native ofScotland: one of the Scoti or Scots, a Celtic race who migrated from Ireland—the originalScotia—before the end of the 5th century.—n.Scō′tia, Scotland.—Scots Greys, a famous regiment of dragoons, established in 1683;Scots Guards, the Scottish force which served the kings of France from 1418 down to the battle of Minden (1759), nominally retained, however, down to 1830: a well-known regiment of Guards in the British army, formerly Scots Fusiliers.—Pound Scots, 1s. 8d. [A.S.Scottas, the Scots. Further ety. quite uncertain, whether Gael.sguit, a wanderer, Gr.Skythēs, a Scythian, &c.]
Scotch, skoch,adj.pertaining toScotland, its people, language, customs, products, &c.—alsoScot′tish,Scots.—n.the dialect of English spoken in Lowland Scotland: (coll.) Scotch whisky.—ns.Scotch′-hop, a child's game: hop-scotch;Scotch′man,Scots′man, a native of Scotland.—Scotch amulet, a British geometrid moth;Scotch and English, the boys' game of prisoner's base;Scotch barley, pot or hulled barley;Scotch bluebell, the harebell;Scotch bonnets, the fairy-ring mushroom;Scotch broth, broth made with pot-barley and plenty of various vegetables chopped small;Scotch cap, the wild black raspberry;Scotch catch, orsnap, the peculiarity in Scotch music of the first of two tones played to the same beat being the shorter;Scotch curlies, a variety of kale;Scotch fir, orpine, the only species of pine indigenous to Britain, valuable for its timber, turpentine, tar, &c.;Scotch kale, a variety of kale;Scotch mist, a mist like fine rain;Scotch pebbles, varieties of agate and jasper;Scotch thistle, the national emblem of Scotland.
Scotch, skoch,v.t.to cut or wound slightly: to notch.—n.a notch, scratch.—n.Scotch′ing, a method of dressing stone with a pick.—Scotched-collops, or (erroneously)Scotch-collops, beef-steaks fried with onions. [Related toscutch,scratch.]
Scotch, skoch,n.a strut or drag for a wheel.—v.t.to prop or block with such.—n.Scote, a prop.—v.t.to stop or block.
Scoter, skō′tėr,n.a genus of northern sea-ducks, with bill gibbous at the base. [Prob. Ice.skoti—skjóta, to shoot.]
Scotia, skō′ti-a,n.a concave moulding, as the base of a pillar. [Gr.skotia,—skotos, darkness.]
Scotice, skot′i-sē,adv.in the Scotch language or manner.—n.Scot′icism=Scotticism.
Scotism, skō′tizm,n.the metaphysical system of Johannes DunsScotus, a native of Dunstane in Northumberland, Dun or Down in the north of Ireland, or Dunse in Berwickshire (1265 or 1274-1308), the great assailant of the method of Aquinas in seeking in speculation instead of in practice the foundation of Christian theology—his theological descendants were the Franciscans, in opposition to the Dominicans, who followed Aquinas.—n.Scō′tist, a follower of Duns Scotus.—adj.Scotis′tic.
Scotograph, skot′ō-graf,n.an instrument for writing in the dark, or for the use of the blind.—ns.Scotō′ma, a defect in the vision (obs.Scot′omy);Scot′ophis, a genus of carinated serpents of North America;Scotor′nis, a genus of African birds with very long tails;Scot′oscope, a night-glass. [Gr.skotos, darkness,graphein, to write.]
Scotticism, skot′i-sizm,n.a Scotch idiom.—v.t.Scott′icise.—n.Scottificā′tion.—v.t.Scott′ify(coll.), to give Scotch character to.
Scoundrel, skown′drel,n.a low worthless fellow: a rascal: a man without principle.—ns.Scoun′dreldom, scoundrels collectively;Scoun′drelism, baseness, rascality.—adv.Scoun′drelly. [Forscunner-el, one who scunners, or who causes scunnering—A.S.scunian, to shun.]
Scoup, skowp,v.i.(Scot.) to run: to scamper. [Related toskip.]
Scour, skowr,v.t.to clean by rubbing with something rough: to cleanse from grease or dirt: to remove by rubbing: to cleanse by a current: to search thoroughly by scrubbing: to cleanse by brushing: to purge drastically.—n.the action of a strong current in a narrow channel: violent purging.—ns.Scour′age, refuse water after scouring;Scour′er, drastic cathartic;Scour′ing, in angling, the freshening of angle-worms for bait by putting them in clean sand;Scour′ing-ball, a ball composed of soap, &c., for removing stains of grease.—n.pl.Scour′ing-drops, a mixture of oil of turpentine and oil of lemon used for removing stains.—ns.Scour′ing-rush, one of the horse-tails;Scour′ing-stock, in woollen manufacture, an apparatus in which cloths are treated to remove the oil and to cleanse them in the process of manufacture. [O. Fr.escurer—L.excurāre, to take great care of.]
Scour, skowr,v.i.to run with swiftness: to scurry along.—v.t.to run quickly over.—n.Scour′er, a footpad. [O. Fr.escourre—L.excurrĕre, to run forth.]
Scourge, skurj,n.a whip made of leather thongs: an instrument of punishment: a punishment: means of punishment.—v.t.to whip severely: to punish in order to correct.—n.Scour′ger, a flagellant. [O. Fr.escorgie(Fr.écourgée)—L. (scutia)excoriata, (a whip) made of leather—corium, leather.]
Scourse, skōrs,v.i.(Spens.) to run: to hurry. [O. Fr.escourser—L.excurrĕre,excursum, to run out.]
Scourse, skōrs,v.t.to barter, exchange.—v.i.to make an exchange.—n.(Spens.) discourse.—AlsoScorse,Scoss. [Prob.discourse.]
Scout, skowt,n.one sent out to bring in tidings, observe the enemy, &c.: a spy: a sneak: in cricket, a fielder: the act of watching: a bird of the auk family: a college servant at Oxford, the same asgypin Cambridge andskipin Dublin.—v.t.to watch closely.—n.Scout′-mas′ter, an officer who has the direction of army scouts. [O. Fr.escoute—escouter (It.ascoltare)—L.auscultāre, to listen—auris, the ear.]
Scout, skowt,v.t.to sneer at: to reject with disdain.—adv.Scout′ingly, sneeringly. [Scand.,—Ice.skúta,skúti, a taunt—skjóta, to shoot.]
Scout, skowt,v.i.(Scot.) to pour forth a liquid forcibly, esp. excrement.—n.the guillemot.
Scouter, skowt′ėr,n.a workman who uses jump-drills, wedges, &c. to scale off large flakes of stone.
Scouth, skowth,n.(Scot.) room: scope, plenty.
Scouther, skow′thėr,v.t.(Scot.) to scorch: to fire hastily, as on a gridiron.
Scovan, skō′van,n.a Cornish name for a vein of tin.
Scove, skōv,v.t.to cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning.
Scoved, skōvd,adj.(prov.) smeared or blotched.—AlsoScō′vy.
Scovel, skuv′l,n.(prov.) a mop for sweeping ovens.
Scow, skow,n.a flat-bottomed boat: a ferry-boat. [Dut.schouw.]
Scowl, skowl,v.i.to wrinkle the brows in displeasure: to look sour or angry: to look gloomy.—n.the wrinkling of the brows when displeased.—p.adj.Scow′ling.—adv.Scow′lingly. [Scand., Dan.skule, to scowl; Low Ger.schulen, to look slyly.]
Scowl, skowl,n.(prov.) old workings of iron ore.
Scowther,Scouther, skow′thėr,n.(prov.) a flying shower.
Scrab, skrab,n.a crab-apple.
Scrabble, skrab′l,v.i.to scrape or make unmeaning marks, to scrawl: to scramble or crawl along with difficulty.—v.t.to gather hastily.—n.a scramble.—v.t.Scrab, to scratch, to scrape.—Scrabbed eggs, a dish of hard-boiled eggs chopped up and seasoned. [A form ofscrapple, freq. ofscrape.]
Scraffle, skraf′l,v.i.to scramble: to wrangle: to be industrious: to shuffle. [A form ofscrabbleorscramble.]
Scrag, skrag,n.anything thin or lean and rough: the bony part of the neck.—v.t.to put to death by hanging.—adjs.Scrag′ged,Scrag′gy, lean and rough: uneven, rugged.—ns.Scrag′gedness,Scrag′giness.—adv.Scrag′gily.—adjs.Scrag′gly, rough-looking;Scrag′-necked, having a long, thin neck.—n.Scrag′-whale, a finner whale, having the back scragged. [Scand., Sw. prov.shraka, a tall tree or man,shrokk, anything shrivelled—Norw.skrekka, to shrink.]
Scraich,Scraigh, skrāh,v.i.(Scot.) to scream hoarsely: to screech, to shriek.—n.Scraich. [Gael.sgreach.]
Scramb, skramb,v.t.(prov.) to scrape together with the hands. [A variant ofscramp.]
Scramble, skram′bl,v.i.to struggle to seize something before others: to catch at or strive for rudely: to wriggle along on all-fours.—v.t.to throw down to be scrambled for: to advance or push.—n.act of scrambling: a struggle for office.—n.Scram′bler.—adj.Scram′bling, confused and irregular.—adv.Scram′blingly, in a scrambling manner: irregularly: unceremoniously. [Prov. Eng.scramb, to rake together with the hands, orscramp, to snatch at; nearly allied toscrabbleandscrape.]
Scramp, skramp,v.t.to catch at, snatch. [Scramble.]
Scran, skran,n.broken victuals: refuse—alsoSkran.—n.Scran′ning, the act of begging for food.—Bad scran to you!bad fare to you! an Irish imprecation. [Prob. Ice.skran, rubbish.]
Scranch, skransh,v.t.to grind with the teeth: to crunch.—AlsoScraunch,Scrunch. [Prob. Dut.schransen, to eat heartily.]
Scranky, skrank′i,adj.(Scot.) scraggy: lank.
Scrannel, skran′l,adj.(Milt.) producing a weak, screeching noise: thin: squeaking.
Scranny, skran′i,adj.(prov.) lean and thin.
Scrap, skrap,n.a small piece: a remnant: a picture suited for preservation in a scrap-book: wrought-iron clippings: an unconnected extract.—v.t.to consign to the scrap-heap.—ns.Scrap′-book, a blank book for scraps or extracts, prints, &c.;Scrap′-heap, a place where old iron is collected;Scrap′-ī′ron, old iron accumulated for reworking;Scrap′-met′al, scraps or fragments of any kind of metal, which are only of use for remelting.—adv.Scrap′pily, in fragments, desultorily.—n.Scrap′piness, fragmentariness, disconnectedness.—adj.Scrap′py.—Go to the scrap-heap, to go to ruin. [Scand., Ice.skrap, scraps—skrapa, to scrape.]
Scrap, skrap,n.(slang) a fight, scrimmage.
Scrap, skrap,n.a snare for birds.
Scrape, skrāp,v.t.to make a harsh or grating noise on: to rub with something sharp: to remove by drawing a sharp edge over: to collect by laborious effort: to save penuriously: to erase.—v.i.to grub in the ground: to rub lightly: to draw back the foot in making obeisance: to play on a stringed instrument.—n.a perplexing situation: difficulty: a shave.—adj.Scrape′-good, miserly, stingy.—ns.Scrape′-penn′y, a miser;Scrap′er, an instrument used for scraping, esp. the soles of shoes outside the door of a house: a hoe: a tool used by engravers and others: a fiddler;Scrap′ing, that which is scraped off, as the scrapings of the street: shavings, hoardings;Scrap′ing-plane, a plane used by workers in metal and wood.—Scrape acquaintance with, to get on terms of acquaintance. [Scand., Ice.skrapa, to scrape; Dut.schrapen; A.S.scearpian.]
Scrapple, skrap′l,v.i.to grub about.—n.a mixture of meat-scraps, herbs, &c. stewed, pressed in cakes, sliced and fried. [Dim. ofscrap.]
Scrat, skrat,n.a devil.—AlsoOld Scratch, the devil. [Cf. Ger.schratt, Ice.skratti, a goblin.]
Scratch, skrach,v.t.to mark the surface with something pointed, as the nails: to tear or to dig with the claws: to write hurriedly: to erase.—v.i.to use the claws in tearing or digging: to delete a name on a voting-paper.—n.a mark or tear made by scratching: a slight wound: the line in a prize-ring up to which boxers are led—hence test, trial, as in 'to come up to the scratch:' (pl.) a disease in horses: the time of starting of a player: in billiards, a chance stroke which is successful: a kind of wig, a scratch-wig: a scrawl.—adj.taken at random, as a 'scratch crew:' without handicap, or allowance of time or distance.—ns.Scratch′-back, a kind of toy, which, when drawn over a person's back, makes a sound as if his coat was torn;Scratch′-brush, a name given to various forms of brushes;Scratch′-coat, the first coat of plaster;Scratch′er, a bird which scratches for food.—adv.Scratch′ingly.—n.pl.Scratch′ings, refuse matter strained out of fat when melted.—ns.Scratch′-weed, the goose-grass;Scratch′-wig, a wig that covers only part of the head;Scratch′-work, a kind of wall decoration.—adj.Scratch′y, ragged: scratching: of little depth.—Scratch out, to erase. [Explained by Skeat as due to the confusion of M. E.skratten, to scratch, with M. E.cracchen, to scratch:skrattenstanding forskarten, an extended form from Ice.sker-a, to shear;cracchen, again, stands forkratsen—Sw.kratsa, to scrape.]
Scrattle, skrat′l,v.i.(prov.) to scuttle.
Scraw, skraw,n.a turf, a sod. [Gael.scrath.]
Scrawl, skrawl,n.(U.S.) brushwood.
Scrawl, skrawl,v.t.andv.i.to scrape, mark, or write irregularly or hastily.—n.irregular or hasty writing: bad writing: a broken branch of a tree: the young of the dog-crab.—n.Scrawl′er.—adj.Scrawl′y, ill-formed. [A contr. ofscrabble.]
Scrawm, skrawm,v.t.(prov.) to tear, to scratch. [Prob. Dut.schrammen,schram, a rent.]
Scrawny, skraw′ni,adj.wasted: raw-boned.—n.Scraw′niness. [Scranny.]
Scray, skrā,n.the sea-swallow. [W.ysgräell.]
Screak, skrēk,v.t.to scream: to creak.—n.a screech.
Scream, skrēm,v.i.to cry out with a shrill cry, as in fear or pain: to shriek.—n.a shrill, sudden cry, as in fear or pain: a shriek.—n.Scream′er, one who screams: a genus of South American birds about the size of the turkey, with loud, harsh cry: (U.S. slang) a bouncer.—Screaming farce, one highly ludicrous. [Scand., Ice.skræma, Sw.skrämma, to fear; cf.Screech,Shriek.]
Scree, skrē,n.débris at the base of a cliff.—AlsoScrees. [Ice.skritha, a landslip—skrítha, creep.]
Scree, skrē,n.(Scot.) a coarse sieve.
Screech, skrēch,v.i.to utter a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.—n.a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.—ns.Screech′er, the swift;Screech′-hawk, the night-jar;Screech′-mar′tin, the swift;Screech′-owl, a kind of screeching owl: the missel-thrush: the barn-owl;Screech′-thrush, the missel-thrush.—adj.Screech′y, shrill and harsh, like a screech: loud-mouthed. [M. E.scriken—Scand., Ice.shrækja, to shriek; cf. Gael.sgreach, to shriek.]
Screed, skrēd,n.a piece torn off: a shred: a long tirade: (Scot.) a strip of mortar: a rent, a tear.—v.t.to repeat glibly. [A.S.screáde, a shred.]
Screen, skrēn,n.that which shelters from danger or observation, that which protects from heat, cold, or the sun: (Scot.) a large scarf: an enclosure or partition of wood, stone, or metal work, common in churches, shutting off chapels from the nave, separating the nave from the choir, &c.: a coarse riddle for sifting coal, &c.—v.t.to shelter or conceal: to pass through a coarse riddle.—n.Screen′ing-machine′, an apparatus for sifting coal.—n.pl.Screen′ings, the refuse matter after sifting. [O. Fr.escren(Fr.écran), from Old High Ger.scranna, a court; Ger.schranne, a bench.]
Screever, skrēv′ėr,n.one who writes begging letters.—v.t.Screeve, to write such.—n.Screev′ing, the writing of begging letters: drawing with coloured chalks on the pavement for coppers.
Screw, skrōō,n.a cylinder with a spiral groove or ridge on either its outer or inner surface, used as a fastening and as a mechanical power: a screw-propeller: a turn or twist to one side: a penny packet of tobacco put up in a paper twisted at both ends: a stingy fellow, an extortioner, a skinflint: a broken-winded horse: pressure: (U.S. slang) a professor who requires students to work hard: salary,Screwbolt.wages.—v.t.to apply a screw to: to press with a screw: to twist: to oppress by extortion: to force: to squeeze.—ns.Screw′-bolt, a bolt threaded at one end for a nut;Screw′-cut′ter, a hand-tool for cutting screws;Screw′-driv′er, an instrument for driving or turning screw-nails.—adj.Screwed(slang), tipsy, tight.—ns.Screw′-el′evator, a dentist's instrument: a surgeon's instrument for forcing open the jaws;Screw′er.—adj.Screw′ing, exacting: close.—ns.Screw′-jack(same asJackscrew);Screw′-key, a lever for turning the nut of a screw;Screw′-machine′, a machine for making screws;Screw′-nail, a nail made in the form of a screw;Screw′-pile, a pile forced into the ground, and held there by a peculiar kind of screw at the lower extremity;Screw′-pine, a plant of the tropical genusPandanus, or of the screw-pine family—from the screw-like arrangement of the clustered leaves;Screw′-plate, a plate of steel in which are aScrewpress.graduated series of holes, with internal screws used in forming external screws;Screw′-pod, the screw-beanScrew′-press, a press in which the force is applied by means of a screw;Screw′-propel′ler, a screw or spiral-bladed wheel at the stern of steam-vessels for propelling them: a steamer so propelled;Screw′-rudd′er, an application of the screw for the purpose of steering;Screw′-stair, a spiral staircase: a hanging stair;Screw′-steam′er, a steamer propelled by a screw;Screw′stone, a wheelstone: a fossil screw;Screw′-thread, the spiral ridge on the cylinder of a male screw, or on the inner surface of a female screw;Screw′-valve, a stop-cock opened and shut by means of a screw instead of a spigot;Screw′-ven′tilator, a ventilatingScrewwrench.apparatus;Screw′-worm, the larva of a blow-fly;Screw′-wrench, a tool for grasping the flat sides of the heads of large screws.—adj.Screw′y, exacting: close: worthless.—A screw loose, something defective. [Earlierscrue. O. Fr.escrou, prob. L.scrobem, accus. ofscrobs, a hole; or Low Ger.schruve, Dut.schroef, Ice.skrufa, Ger.schraube.]
Scribbet, skrib′et,n.a painter's pencil.
Scribble, skrib′l,v.t.to scratch or write carelessly: to fill with worthless writing.—v.i.to write carelessly: to scrawl.—n.careless writing: a scrawl.—ns.Scribb′ler, a petty author;Scribb′ling, the act of writing hastily or carelessly.—adv.Scribb′lingly.—n.pl.Scribb′lings. [A freq. ofscribe.]
Scribble, skrib′l,v.t.to card roughly, as wool.—ns.Scribb′ler, a machine for doing this, or a person who tends such;Scribb′ling, the first carding of wool or cotton;Scribb′ling-machine′, a coarse form of carding-machine. [Scand., Sw.skrubbla, to card.]
Scribble-scrabble, skrib′l-skrab′l,n.an ungainly fellow. [Reduplicated fromscrabble.]
Scribe, skrīb,n.a writer: a public or official writer: a clerk, amanuensis, secretary: (B.) an expounder and teacher of the Mosaic and traditional law: a pointed instrument to mark lines on wood, &c.—v.t.to write: to record: to mark.—adjs.Scrī′bable, capable of being written upon;Scribā′cious, given to writing.—n.Scribā′ciousness.—adj.Scrī′bal, pertaining to a scribe.—ns.Scrī′bing;Scrī′bing-com′pass, an instrument used in saddlery and cooper-work;Scrī′bism. [Fr.,—L.scriba—scribĕre, to write.]
Scrieve, skrēv,v.i.(Scot.) to glide swiftly along. [Scand., Ice.skrefa—skref, a stride.]
Scriggle, skrig′l,v.i.to writhe: to wriggle.—n.a wriggling. [Prob. Ice.shrika, to slip; Ger.schrecken, Dut.schrikken, to terrify.]
Scrike, skrīk,v.i.(Spens.) to shriek.
Scrim, skrim,n.cloth used for linings.
Scrime, skrīm,v.i.to fence.—n.Scrī′mer(Shak.), a fencer. [Fr.escrimer, to fence; cf.Skirmish.]
Scrimmage, skrim′āj,n.a skirmish: a general fight: a tussle. [Prob. a corr. ofskirmish.]
Scrimp, skrimp,v.t.to make too small or short: to limit or shorten: to straiten.—adj.short, scanty.—adj.Scrimp′ed, pinched.—adv.Scrimp′ly, hardly: scarcely.—n.Scrimp′ness.—adj.Scrimp′y, scanty. [A.S.scrimpan; allied toscrimman, to shrink, andscrincan, to shrivel up.]
Scrimshaw, skrim′shaw,v.t.to engrave fanciful designs on shells, whales' teeth, &c.—n.any shell or the like fancifully engraved.
Scrine, skrīn,n.(Spens.) a cabinet for papers, a shrine. [O. Fr.escrin—L.scrinium, a shrine.]
Scringe, skrinj,v.i.to cringe. [A form ofshrink.]
Scrip, skrip,n.that which is written: a piece of paper containing writing: a certificate of stock or shares in any joint-stock company subscribed or allotted.—ns.Scrip′-com′pany, a company having shares which pass by delivery;Scrip′-hold′er, one whose title to stock is a written certificate. [A variant ofscript—L.scribĕre,scriptum, to write.]
Scrip, skrip,n.a small bag: a satchel: a pilgrim's pouch: (her.) a bearing representing a pouch.—n.Scrip′page(Shak.), contents of a scrip. [Ice.skreppa, a bag; Ger.scherbe, a shred.]
Script, skript,n.(print.) type like written letters: a writing: (law) an original document: handwriting.—n.Scrip′tion, a handwriting. [O. Fr.escript—L.scriptum—scribĕre, to write.]
Scriptorium, skrip-tō′ri-um,n.a writing-room, esp. that in a monastery.—adj.Scrip′tory, written.
Scripture, skrip′tūr,n.sacred writing: the Bible: a writing: a deed: any sacred writing.—adj.Scrip′tural, contained in Scripture: according to Scripture: biblical: written.—ns.Scrip′turalism, literal adherence to the Scriptures;Scrip′turalist, a literalist in his obedience to the letter of Scripture, a student of Scripture.—adv.Scrip′turally.—ns.Scrip′turalness;Scrip′ture-read′er, an evangelist who reads the Bible in cottages, barracks, &c.;Scrip′turist, one versed in Scripture.—The Scriptures, the Bible. [L.scriptura—scribĕre, to write.]
Scritch, skrich,n.a screech or shrill cry: a thrush. [A variant ofscreech.]
Scrivano, skriv-ä′nō,n.a writer: a clerk. [It.]
Scrive, skrīv,v.t.to describe: to draw a line with a pointed tool. [Scribe.]
Scrivener, skriv′en-ėr,n.a scribe: a copyist: one who draws up contracts, &c.: one who receives the money of others to lay it out at interest.—n.Scriv′enership. [O. Fr.escrivain(Fr.écrivain)—Low L.scribanus—L.scriba, a scribe.]
Scrobe, skrōb,n.a groove in the rostrum of weevils or curculios, or on the outer side of the mandible.—adjs.Scrobic′ulate,-d, having numerous shallow depressions.—n.Scrobic′ulus(anat.), a pit or depression. [L.scrobis, a ditch.]
Scrod, skrod,v.t.to shred.—n.a young codfish.—n.Scrod′gill, an instrument for taking fish. [Shred.]
Scroddle, skrod′l,v.t.to variegate, as pottery in different colours.—Scroddled ware, mottled pottery.
Scrofula, skrof′ū-la,n.a disease with chronic swellings of the glands in various parts of the body, esp. the neck, tending to suppurate: the king's evil.—adjs.Scrofulit′ic,Scrof′ulous, pertaining to, resembling, or affected with scrofula.—adv.Scrof′ulously.—n.Scrof′ulousness. [L.scrofulæ—scrofula, a little pig, dim. ofscrofa, a sow.]
Scrog, skrog,n.(Scot.) a stunted bush: a thicket: brushwood: (her.) a branch.—adjs.Scrog′gie,Scrog′gy, covered with underwood. [Scrag.]
Scroll, skrōl,n.a roll of paper or parchment: a writing in the form of a roll: a rough draft of anything: a schedule: a flourish added to a person's signature as a substitute for a seal: in hydraulics, a spiral water-way placed round a turbine to regulate the flow of water: (anat.) a turbinate bone: (archit.) a spiral ornament, the volute of the Ionic and Corinthian capitals.—v.t.to draft: to write in rough outline.—adj.Scrolled, formed into a scroll: ornamented with scrolls.—ns.Scroll′-head, an ornamental piece at the bow of a vessel;Scroll′-wheel, a cog-wheel in the form of a scroll;Scroll′-work, ornamental work of scroll-like character. [O. Fr.escroue, acc. to Skeat from Old Dut.schroode, a shred.]
Scroop, skrōōp,v.i.to emit a harsh sound: to creak.—n.any crisp sound like that made when a bundle of yarn is tightly twisted. [Imit.]
Scrophularia, skrof-ū-lā′ri-a,n.thefigwortgenus of herbs, type of theScrophulariaceæorScrophularineæ, a natural order containing almost 2000 known species, chiefly herbaceous and half-shrubby plants—DigitalisorFox-glove,Calceolaria,Mimulus,AntirrhinumorSnap-dragon,VeronicaorSpeedwell, andEuphrasiaorEye-bright, &c.
Scrotum, skrō′tum,n.the bag which contains the testicles.—adjs.Scrō′tal, relating to the scrotum;Scrō′tiform, formed like a double bag.—ns.Scrotī′tis, inflammation of the scrotum;Scrō′tocele, a scrotal hernia. [L.]
Scrouge, skrowj,v.t..to squeeze: to crowd—alsoScrooge,Scrudge.—n.Scrou′ger, a whopper: something large. [Variant forms ofshrug.]
Scrow, skrow,n.a roll: a scroll: a writing: clippings from hides. [Scroll.]
Scroyle, skroil,n.(Shak.) a scabby fellow: a mean fellow. [O. Fr.escrouelles, scrofula—L.scrofulæ.]
Scrub, skrub,v.t..to rub hard, esp. with something rough.—v.i.to be laborious and penurious:—pr.p.scrub′bing;pa.t.andpa.p.scrubbed.—n.one who works hard and lives meanly: anything small or mean: a worn-out brush: low underwood: a bush: a stunted shrub: a worthless horse.—p.adj.Scrubbed(Shak.)=Scrubby.—ns.Scrub′ber, in Australia, an animal which breaks away from the herd: a machine for washing leather after the tanpit;Scrub′bing;Scrub′bing-board, a wash-board;Scrub′bing-brush, a brush with short, stiff bristles;Scrub′-bird, an Australian bird.—adj.Scrub′by, laborious and penurious: mean: small: stunted in growth: covered with scrub.—ns.Scrub′-grass, the scouring-rush;Scrub′-oak, a name of three low American oaks;Scrub′-rid′er, one who rides in search of cattle that stray from the herd into the scrub;Scrub′-rob′in, a bird inhabiting the Australian scrub;Scrub′stone, a species of calciferous sandstone;Scrub′-tur′key, a mound-bird;Scrub′-wood, a small tree. [A.S.scrob, a shrub.]
Scruff, skruf,n.the nape of the neck.—AlsoSkruff. [A variant ofscuff,scuft.]
Scruffy, skruf′i,adj.Same asScurfy.
Scrumptious, skrump′shus,adj.(slang) nice: fastidious: delightful.
Scrunch, skrunsh,v.t..to crunch: to crush.—n.a harsh, crunching sound. [A variant ofcrunch.]
Scrunt, skrunt,n.(Scot.) a niggardly person.
Scruple, skrōō′pl,n.a small weight—in apothecaries' weight, 20 troy grains, ⅓ drachm,1⁄24ounce, and1⁄288of a troy pound: a very small quantity: reluctance to decide or act, as from motives of conscience: difficulty.—v.i.to hesitate in deciding or acting.—n.Scru′pler.—adj.Scru′pulous, having scruples, doubts, or objections: conscientious: cautious: exact: captious.—adv.Scru′pulously.—ns.Scru′pulousness,Scrupulos′ity, state of being scrupulous: doubt: niceness: precision. [Fr.scrupule—L.scrupulus, dim. ofscrupus, a sharp stone, anxiety.]