Chapter 1500

2. (Anc. Church) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

3. (Canon Law) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

4. (Parliamentary Practice) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

Brande & C.

Scrutiny <Xpage=1294>

Scru"ti*ny , v. t. To scrutinize. [Obs.]

Scrutoire <Xpage=1294>

Scru*toire" (?) , n. [OF. escritoire . See Escritoire .] A escritoire; a writing desk.

Scruze <Xpage=1294>

Scruze (?) , v. t. [Cf. Excruciate .] To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise. [Obs. or Low]

Spenser.

Scry <Xpage=1294>

Scry (?) , v. t. To descry. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Scry <Xpage=1294>

Scry , n. [From Scry , v. ] A flock of wild fowl.

Scry <Xpage=1294>

Scry , n. [OE. ascrie , fr. ascrien to cry out, fr. OF. escrier , F. s'\'82crier . See Ex -, and Cry .] A cry or shout. [Obs.]

Ld. Berners.

Scud <Xpage=1294>

Scud (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scudded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scudding .] [Dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot . &root;159. See Shoot .] 1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. I. Taylor.

The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. Beaconsfield.

2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.

Scud <Xpage=1294>

Scud , v. t. To pass over quickly. [R.]

Shenstone.

Scud <Xpage=1294>

Scud , n. 1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.

2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.

Borne on the scud of the sea. Longfellow.

The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. Sir S. Baker.

3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.]

Wright.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Zo\'94l.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.

Storm scud . See the Note under Cloud .

Scuddle <Xpage=1294>

Scud"dle (?) , v. i. [Freq. of scud : cf. Scuttle to hurry.] To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

Scudo <Xpage=1294>

Scu"do (?) , n. ; pl. Scudi (#) . [It., a crown, a dollar, a shield, fr. L. scutum a shield . Cf. Scute .] (Com.) (a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.

Scuff <Xpage=1294>

Scuff (?) , n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. Scruff .] The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.]

Ld. Lytton.

Scuff <Xpage=1294>

Scuff , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scuffed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing .] [See Scuffle .] To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

Scuffle <Xpage=1294>

Scuf"fle (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scuffled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffling (?) .] [Freq. of scuff , v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle , shove . See Shove , and cf. Shuffle .] 1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.

A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. Eikon Basilike.

Scuffle <Xpage=1294>

Scuf"fle , n. 1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.

2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.

The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. L'Estrange.

3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.]

4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Scuffler <Xpage=1294>

Scuf"fler (?) , n. 1. One who scuffles.

2. An agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.

Scug <Xpage=1294>

Scug (?) , v. i. [Cf. Dan. skugge to darken, a shade, SW. skugga to shade, a shade, Icel. skuggja to shade, skuggi a shade.] To hide. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Scug <Xpage=1294>

Scug , n. A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Sculk, Sculker <Xpage=1294>

Sculk (?) , Sculk"er (?) . See Skulk , Skulker .

Scull <Xpage=1294>

Scull (?) , n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]

Scull <Xpage=1294>

Scull , n. [See 1st School .] A shoal of fish.

Milton.

Scull <Xpage=1294>

Scull , n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.] 1. (Naut.) (a) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler . (b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. (c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Scull <Xpage=1294>

Scull , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sculled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculling .] (Naut.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.

Scull <Xpage=1294>

Scull , v. i. To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

Sculler <Xpage=1294>

Scull"er (?) , n. 1. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars. [R.]

Dryden.

2. One who sculls.

Scullery <Xpage=1294>

Scul"ler*y (?) , n. ; pl. Sculleries (#) . [Probably originally, a place for washing dishes, and for swillery , fr. OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian (see Swill to wash, to drink), but influenced either by Icel. skola , skyla , Dan. skylle , or by OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish, F. \'82cuelle , fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf. Scuttle a basket); or perhaps the English word is immediately from the OF. escuelier ; cf. OE. squyllare a dishwasher.] 1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.

2. Hence, refuse; fifth; offal. [Obs.]

auden.

Scullion <Xpage=1294>

Scul"lion (?) , n. (Bot.) A scalion.

Scullion <Xpage=1294>

Scul"lion , n. [OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout, apparently for escouvillon , F. \'82couvillon a swab; cf. also OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf. Scovel .] A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.

The meanest scullion that followed his camp. South.

Scullionly <Xpage=1294>

Scul"lion*ly , a. Like a scullion; base. [Obs.]

Milton.

Sculp <Xpage=1294>

Sculp (?) , v. t. [See Sculptor .] To sculpture; to carve; to engrave. [Obs. or Humorous.]

Sandys.

Sculpin <Xpage=1294>

Scul"pin (?) , n. [Written also skulpin .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus , or Acanthocottus , having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California ( Scorp\'91nichthys marmoratus ); -- called also bighead , cabezon , scorpion , salpa . (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ( Callionymus lura ).

&hand; The name is also applied to other related California species.

Deep-water sculpin , the sea raven.

Sculptile <Xpage=1294>

Sculp"tile (?) , a. [L. sculptilis . See Sculptor .] Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images . [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Sculptor <Xpage=1294>

Sculp"tor (?) , n. [L. sculptor , fr. sculpere , sculptum , to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. <?/ to carve: cf. F. sculpteur .] 1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.

Sculptress <Xpage=1294>

Sculp"tress (?) , n. A female sculptor.

Sculptural <Xpage=1294>

Sculp"tur*al (?; 135) , a. Of or pertaining to sculpture.

G. Eliot.

Sculpture <Xpage=1294>

Sculp"ture (?; 135) , n. [L. sculptura : cf. F. sculpture .] 1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.

2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.

There, too, in living sculpture , might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden.

Sculpture <Xpage=1294>

Sculp"ture (?; 135) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sculptured (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing .] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

Sculptured tortoise (Zo\'94l.) , a common North American wood tortoise ( Glyptemys insculpta ). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.

Sculpturesque <Xpage=1294>

Sculp`tur*esque" (?) , a. After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.

Scum <Xpage=1294>

Scum (?) , n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. skum , Icel. sk<?/m , LG. schum , D. schuim , OHG. sc<?/m , G. schaum ; probably from a root meaning, to cover. &root;158. Cf. Hide skin, Meerschaum , Skim , v. , Sky .]

1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.

Some to remove the scum it did rise. Spenser.

2. refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.

The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people. Addison.

Scum <Xpage=1294>

Scum , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scummed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scumming (?) .] 1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.

You that scum the molten lead. Dryden & Lee.

2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]

Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates. Milton.

Scum <Xpage=1294>

Scum , v. i. To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and scummed over. A. K. H. Boyd.

Scumber <Xpage=1294>

Scum"ber (?) , v. i. [Cf. Discumber .] To void excrement. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Massinger.

Scumber <Xpage=1294>

Scum"ber , n. Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Scumble <Xpage=1294>

Scum"ble (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scumbled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scumbling (?) .] [Freq. of scum . &root; 158.] (Fine Arts) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.

Scumbling <Xpage=1294>

Scum"bling (?) , n. 1. (Fine Arts) (a) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing. (b) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.

2. The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.

Shining above the brown scumbling of leafless orchards. L. Wallace.

Scummer <Xpage=1294>

Scum"mer (?) , v. i. To scumber. [Obs.]

Holland.

Scummer <Xpage=1294>

Scum"mer , n. Excrement; scumber. [Obs.]

Scummer <Xpage=1294>

Scum"mer , n. [Cf. OF. escumoire , F. \'82cumoire . See Scum , and cf. Skimmer .] An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.

Scumming <Xpage=1294>

Scum"ming (?) , n. (a) The act of taking off scum. (b) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Scummy <Xpage=1294>

Scum"my (?) , a. Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.

Sir P. Sidney.

Scunner <Xpage=1294>

Scun"ner (?) , v. t. [Cf. Shun .] To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Scunner <Xpage=1294>

Scun"ner , v. i. To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

C. Kingsley.

Scunner <Xpage=1294>

Scun"ner , n. A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one . [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Carlyle.

Scup <Xpage=1294>

Scup (?) , n. [D. schop .] A swing. [Local, U.S.]

Scup <Xpage=1294>

Scup , n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc\'97p , fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo\'94l.) A marine sparoid food fish ( Stenotomus chrysops , or S. argyrops ), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee , paugy , porgy , scuppaug .

&hand; The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species. ( Stenotomus Gardeni ).

Scuppaug <Xpage=1294>

Scup"paug (?) , n. [Contr. fr. Amer. Indian mishcuppauog , pl. of mishcup .] (Zo\'94l.) See 2d Scup .

Scupper <Xpage=1294>

Scup"per (?) , n. [OF. escopir , escupir , to spit, perhaps for escospir , L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con- + spuere to spit. Cf. Spit , v. ] (Naut.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole .

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Scupper hose (Naut.) , a pipe of leather, canvas, etc., attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a vessel, to prevent the water from entering. Totten. -- Scupper nail (Naut.) , a nail with a very broad head, for securing the edge of the hose to the scupper. -- Scupper plug (Naut.) , a plug to stop a scupper. Totten.

Scuppernong <Xpage=1295>

Scup"per*nong (?) , n. [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Bot.) An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina , found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.

Scur <Xpage=1295>

Scur (?) , v. i. [Cf. Scour to run.] To move hastily; to scour. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Scurf <Xpage=1295>

Scurf (?) , n. [AS. scurf , sceorf , or from Scand.; cf. Sw. skorf , Dan. skurv , Icel. skurfur , D. schurft , G. schorf ; all akin to AS. scurf , and to AS. sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. sch\'81rfen to scrape, and probably also to E. scrape . Cf. Scurvy .] 1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.

2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.

The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden.

3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.

There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf . Milton.

4. (Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.

Gray.

Scurff <Xpage=1295>

Scurff (?) , n. The bull trout. [Prov. Eng.]

Scurfiness <Xpage=1295>

Scurf"i*ness , n. 1. Quality or state of being scurfy.

2. (Bot.) Scurf.

Scurfy <Xpage=1295>

Scurf"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Scurfier (?) ; superl. Scurfiest .] Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.

Scurrier <Xpage=1295>

Scur"ri*er (?) , n. One who scurries.

Scurrile <Xpage=1295>

Scur"rile (?) , a. [L. scurrilis , fr. scurra a bufoon, jester: cf. F. scurrile .] Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts .

The wretched affectation of scurrile laughter. Cowley.

A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court of Charles than father's ancient name. Sir W. Scott.

Scurrility <Xpage=1295>

Scur*ril"i*ty (?) , n. [L. scurrilitas : cf. F. scurrilit\'82 .] 1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.

Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility . Shak.

2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.