Chapter 1488

I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. Hooker.

the congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized , and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. Sir W. Scott.

2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.

To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. Sir W. Scott.

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Scan"dal*ous (?) , a. [Cf. F. scandaleux .] 1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker.

2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice .

3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story .

Scandalously <Xpage=1283>

Scan"dal*ous*ly , adv. 1. In a manner to give offense; shamefully.

His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the digmity of his station. Swift.

2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.

Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice, Will needs mistake an author into vice. Pope.

Scandalousness <Xpage=1283>

Scan"dal*ous*ness , n. Quality of being scandalous.

Scandalum magnatum <Xpage=1283>

Scan"da*lum mag*na"tum` (?) . [L., scandal of magnates.] (Law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.

Scandent <Xpage=1283>

Scan"dent (?) , a. [L. scandens , -entis , p.pr. of scandere to climb.] Climbing.

&hand; Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy.

Scandia <Xpage=1283>

Scan"di*a (?) , n. [NL. See Scandium .] (Chem.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

Scandic <Xpage=1283>

Scan"dic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.

Scandinavian <Xpage=1283>

Scan`di*na"vi*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.

Scandium <Xpage=1283>

Scan"di*um (?) , n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicated under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals ( euxenite and gadolinite ). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44 <-- Atomic weight 44.96, at. no. 21; valence 3. -->

Scansion <Xpage=1283>

Scan"sion (?) , n. [L. scansio , fr. scandere , scansum , to climb. See Scan .] (Pros.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

Scansores <Xpage=1283>

Scan*so"res (?) , n. ; pl . [NL., fr. L. scandere , scansum , to climb.] (Zo\'94l.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.

&hand; The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon, trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. See Illust . under Aves .

Scansorial <Xpage=1283>

Scan*so"ri*al (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird ; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot . (b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust . under Aves .

Scansorial tail (Zo\'94l.) , a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.

Scant <Xpage=1283>

Scant (?) , a. [ Compar. Scanter (?) ; superl. Scantest .] [Icel. skamt , neuter of skamr , skammr , short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.] 1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment .

His sermon was scant , in all, a quarter of an hour. Ridley.

2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. Shak.

Syn. -- See under Scanty .

Scant <Xpage=1283>

Scant , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scanting .] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries .

Where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted . Bacon.

I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. Dryden.

2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. " Scant not my cups."

Shak.

Scant <Xpage=1283>

Scant , v. i. To fail, of become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants .

Scant <Xpage=1283>

Scant , adv. In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [Obs.]

Bacon.

So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs. Fuller.

Scant <Xpage=1283>

Scant , n. Scantness; scarcity. [R.]

T. Carew.

Scantily <Xpage=1283>

Scant"i*ly (?) , adv. In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

His mind was very scantily stored with materials. Macaulay.

<-- scantily clad, wearing almost no clothing. -->

Scantiness <Xpage=1283>

Scant"i*ness , n. Quality condition of being scanty.

Scantle <Xpage=1283>

Scan"tle (?) , v. i. [Dim. of scant , v.] To be deficient; to fail. [Obs.]

Drayton.

Scantle <Xpage=1283>

Scan"tle (?) , v. t. [OF. escanteler , eschanteler , to break into contles; pref. es- (L. ex ) + cantel , chantel , corner, side, piece. Confused with E. scant . See Cantle .] To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. [Obs.]

All their pay Must your discretion scantle ; keep it back. J. Webster.

Scantlet <Xpage=1283>

Scant"let (?) , n. [OF. eschantelet corner.] A small pattern; a small quantity. [Obs.]

Sir M. Hale.

Scantling <Xpage=1283>

Scant"ling (?) , a. [See Scant , a. ] Not plentiful; small; scanty. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Scantling <Xpage=1283>

Scant"ling , n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon , F. \'82chantillon , a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See Scantle , v. t. ] 1. A fragment; a bit; a little piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample. [Obs.]

Such as exceed not this scantling ; -- to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people. Bacon.

A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years. Milton.

(b) A small quantity; a little bit; not much . [Obs.]

Reducing them to narrow scantlings . Jer. Taylor.

2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.

3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.

4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

5. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

Knight.

Scantly <Xpage=1283>

Scant"ly , adv. 1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.

Dryden.

2. Scarcely; hardly; barely.

Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town. Fairfax.

We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.

Scantness <Xpage=1283>

Scant"ness , n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. " Scantness of outward things."

Barrow.

Scanty <Xpage=1283>

Scant"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Scantier (?) ; superl. Scantiest .] [From Scant , a. ] 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

his dominions were very narrow and scanty . Locke.

Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. Pope.

2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread .

3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonius.

In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging.

Scape <Xpage=1283>

Scape (?) , n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. <?/ a staff: cf. F. scape . Cf. Scepter .] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The long basal joint of the antenn\'91 of an insect.

3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.

Scape <Xpage=1283>

Scape , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Scaped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping .] [Aphetic form of escape .] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.]

Milton.

Out of this prison help that we may scape . Chaucer.

Scape <Xpage=1283>

Scape , n. 1. An escape. [Obs.]

I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. Shak.

2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.]

Donne.

3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]

Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. Milton.

4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.]

Shak.

Scapegallows <Xpage=1283>

Scape"gal`lows (?) , n. One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. [Colloq.]

Dickens.

Scapegoat <Xpage=1283>

Scape"goat` (?) , n. [ Scape (for escape ) + goat .] 1. (Jewish Antiq.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.

Lev. xvi. 10.

2. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.

Tennyson.

Scapegrace <Xpage=1283>

Scape"grace` (?) , n. A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.

Beaconsfield.

Scapeless <Xpage=1283>

Scape"less , a. (Bot.) Destitute of a scape.

Scapement <Xpage=1283>

Scape"ment (?) , n. [See Scape , v. , Escapement .] Same as Escapement , 3.

Scape-wheel <Xpage=1283>

Scape"-wheel` (?) , n. (Horol.) the wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

Scaphander <Xpage=1283>

Sca*phan"der (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, <?/, anything hollowed + <?/, <?/, a man: cf. F. scaphandre .] The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.

Scaphism <Xpage=1283>

Scaph"ism (?) , n. [Gr. ska`fh a trough.] An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.

Scaphite <Xpage=1283>

Scaph"ite (?) , n. [L. scapha a boat, fr. Gr. <?/ a boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr. <?/ to dig.] (Paleon.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites , belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Scaphocephalic <Xpage=1283>

Scaph`o*ce*phal"ic (?) , a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.

Scaphocephaly <Xpage=1283>

Scaph`o*ceph"a*ly (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a boat + <?/ head.] (Anat.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, clongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

Scaphocerite <Xpage=1283>

Scaph`o*ce"rite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ boat + E. cerite .] (Zo\'94l.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antenn\'91 of many Crustacea.

Scaphognathite <Xpage=1283>

Sca*phog"na*thite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ boat + <?/ jaw.] (Zo\'94l.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

Scaphoid <Xpage=1283>

Scaph"oid (?; 277) , a. [Gr. <?/ a boat + -oid : cf. F. scapho\'8bde .] (Anat.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped. -- n. The scaphoid bone.

Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale . (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone . See under Navicular .

Scapholunar <Xpage=1283>

Scaph`o*lu"nar (?) , a. [ Scapho id + lunar .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus. -- n. The scapholunar bone.

Scapholunar bone , a bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of carnivora.

Scaphopda <Xpage=1283>

Sca*phop"*da (?) , n. pl. [NL., from Gr. <?/ a boat + -poda .] (Zo\'94l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala , and Solenoconcha .

Scapiform <Xpage=1283>

Sca"pi*form (?) , a. (Bot.) Resembling scape, or flower stm.

Scaplite <Xpage=1283>

Scap"*lite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a staff, or L. scapus a stem, sta<?/k + -lite : cf. F. scapolite .] (Mon.) A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is esentially a silicate of aluminia and soda.

&hand; The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.

Scapple <Xpage=1283>

Scap"ple (?) , v. t. [Cf. OF. eskaper , eschapler , to cut, hew, LL. scapellare . Cf. Scabble .] (a) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry. (b) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.

Gwilt.

Scapula <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*la (?) , n. ; pl. L. Scapul\'91 (#) , E. Scapuolas (#) . [L.] 1. (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.

Scapular <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. scapulaire . Cf. Scapulary .] Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder

Scapular arch (Anat.) , the pectoral arch. See under pectoral . -- Scapular region , &or; Scapular tract (Zo\'94l.) , a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise.

Scapular <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*lar , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.

Scapular, Scapulary <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*lar (?) , Scap"u*la*ry (?) , n. [F. scapulaire , LL. scapularium , scapulare , fr. L. scapula shoulder blade.] 1. (R.C.Ch.) (a) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons. (b) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.

Addis & Arnold.

2. (Surg.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.

Scapulary <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*la*ry , a. Same as Scapular , a.

Scapulary <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*la*ry , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as 2d and 3d Scapular .

Scapulet <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*let (?) , n. [Dim. of scapula .] (Zo\'94l.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medus\'91. See Illustration in Appendix.

Scapulo- <Xpage=1283>

Scap"u*lo- (<?/) . A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with , or relation to , the scapula or the shoulder ; as, the scapulo -clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle .

Scapus <Xpage=1283>

Sca"pus (?) , n. [L.] See 1st Scape .

Scar <Xpage=1283>

Scar (?) , n. [OF. escare , F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara ), L. eschara , fr. Gr. <?/ hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar .] 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar , or fracture on all its body. T. Burnet.

2. (Bot.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust . under Axillary .

Scar <Xpage=1283>

Scar , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring .] To mark with a scar or scars.

Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. Shak.

His cheeks were deeply scarred . Macaulay.

Scar <Xpage=1283>

Scar , v. i. To form a scar.

Scar <Xpage=1283>

Scar , n. [Scot. scar , scaur , Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. ski\'91r , Sw. sk\'84r . Cf. Skerry .] An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. [Written also scaur .]

O sweet and far, from cliff and scar , The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. Tennyson.

Scar <Xpage=1283>