SCORDIUM

Scordium (skorʼdi-um), n. [L.] A plant, the water germander, a species of Teucrium (T. Scordium), a creeping marsh plant, with a disagreeable garlic odour when bruised; once highly esteemed as an antidote for poisons, and as an antiseptic and anthelmintic.

Score (skōr), n. [A. Sax. scor, a score, a notch, from sceran, to shear, to cut; Icel. skor, an incision, a tally, the number twenty; skora, to make an incision, to number by making notches in wood. Akin scar or scaur, share, shear, sheer, shire, shore, short.] 1. A notch or incision; especially, a notch or cut made on a tally for the purpose of keeping account of something: a mode of reckoning in former times when writing was less common.

Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. Shak.

2. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally.

Score, when used for twenty, has been well and rationally accounted for by supposing that our unlearned ancestors, to avoid the embarrassment of large numbers, when they had made twice ten notches cut off the piece or tally containing them, and afterwards counted the scores or pieces cut off, and reckoned by the number of separated pieces, or by Tooke.

scores.

Score was constantly used by archers to mean twenty yards; thus, a mark of twelve score meant a mark at the distance of 240 yards.-3. An account or reckoning kept by scores, marks, or otherwise; an account of dues.

E'en now the godlike Brutus views his score Scroll'd on the bar-board, swinging with the door. Crabbe.

Hence, what is due; a debt.

They say he parted well, and paid his score.
Shak

4. An account or register of numbers generally; the number of points or runs made by players in certain games; as, he made a good score at cricket.-5. Account; reason; motive; sake.

Hudibras.

But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. You act your kindness on Cydaria's score. Dryden. 6. A line drawn; a long superficial scratch. 7. In music, the original draught, or its transcript, of a musical composition with the parts for all the different voices or instruments arranged and placed in juxtapositions and bar for bar: so called from the practice of drawing the bar continuously down through the group of staves. -Close, compressed, or short score, a method of writing concerted vocal music on two clefs, the soprano and alto being on the treble or G clef, and the tenor and bass on the bass or F clef, ledger-lines being used for the lower alto or higher tenor notes.Full score, a score in which each of the various parts is written on a separate staff. -Pianoforte or organ score, a score in which the vocal parts are written out in full on separate staves, and the instrumental accompaniment is arranged in two staves (treble and bass), for performance on a pianoforte or organ.-To go off at score, in pedestrianism, to start from the score or scratch; hence, to start off, generally. Going off at score, on a fresh theme.' Dickens. He went off at score, and made pace so strong that he cut them all down. Lawrence.

-To quit scores, to pay fully; to make even by giving an equivalent.

Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the fruits that issue from it? South.

-Score of a dead eye (naut.), the hole through which the rope passes.

Score (skor), v.t. pret. & pp. scored; ppr. scoring. 1. To make scores or scratches on; to mark with furrows, notches, or incisions; to furrow.

Let us score their backs,
And snatch 'em up, as we take hares, behind.
Shak.

2. To engrave.

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It was their the (crusaders') very judgment that hereby they did both inerit and supererogate; and by dying for the cross, cross the score of their sins, score up God as their debtor. Fuller.

7. In music, to write down in score; to write out, as the different parts of a composition, in proper order and arrangement. Scorer (skōrėr), n. One who or that which scores; specifically, (a) one who keeps the score or tally at cricket, rifle matches, and the like.

The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scorers were prepared to notch the runs. Dickens.

(b) An instrument used by woodmen in marking numbers, &c., on forest trees. Scoria (sko'ri-a), n. pl. Scoriæ (skō'ri-ē). [L.

scoria, from Gr. skoria, from skör, ordure.]

1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. "The scoria, or vitrified part

which most metals when heated or melted do continually protrude to the surface.' Newton.-2. pl. The cinders of volcanic eruptions.

Scoriac (sko'ri-ak), a. Scoriaceous. Scoriaceous (skō-ri-a'shus), a. Pertaining to scoria or dross; like dross or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

In

Scorification (skō'ri-fi-kā"shon), n. metal. the act or operation of reducing a body, either wholly or in part, into scoria.

Scorifier (skō'ri-fi-ér), n. A vessel shaped much like a cupel, but made of crucible earth, used for the process of scorification in assaying silver.

Scoriform (skō'ri-form), a. [Scoria and form.] Like scoria; in the form of dross. Kirwan.

Scorify (sko'ri-fi), v. t. To reduce to scoria or drossy matter.

Scorilite (skō'ri-lit), n. [Gr. skōria, dross, and lithos, a stone.] A syenitic mineral; a silicate of alumina, iron, and lime. Scorious (skoō'ri-us), a. Drossy; recrementitious. Drossy and scorious parts.' Sir T. Browne. [Rare.]

Scorn (skorn), n. [0.Fr. escorne, affront, shame, disgrace, escorner, It. scornare, to break off the horns, to degrade, to affront, to deride, from L. ex, without, and cornu, a horn.] 1. Extreme and passionate contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object, and a consciousness or belief of his own superiority; lofty contempt; as, to cherish an intense scorn of meanness; to feel scorn for a person. 'The red glow of scorn and proud disdain.' Shak. 2. The expression of this feeling; mockery; derision; scoff. If sickly ears will hear your idle scorns.' Shak.

Every sullen frown and bitter scorn

But fann'd the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden. 3. A subject of extreme contempt, disdain, or derision; that which is treated with contempt. To make a loathsome abject scorn Shak.

of me.'

I know no reason why you should think scorn of him. Sir P. Sydney.

-To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a
mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
His who for the bane of thousands born,
Built God a church, and laughed his word to scorn.
Cowper.

Scorn (skorn), v. t. [See the noun.] 1. To hold in scorn or extreme contempt; to despise; to disdain; as, to scorn a mean person; to scorn his meanness: often with infinitives; as, to scorn to take advantage of a person.

Surely he scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights and live laborious days. Milton. 2. To treat with scorn; to cast aside with scorn or contempt; to make a mock of; to deride. To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously.' Shak.

Scorn (skorn), v. i. 1. To feel scorn or disdain; to regard as worthy of scorn.-2. To scoff; to treat with contumely, derision, or reproach: with at.

He said mine eyes were black, and my hair black, And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. Shak. Scorner (skorn'ér), n. 1. One that scorns; a contemner; a despiser. 'Not a scorner of your sex, but venerator.' Tennyson.

They are great scorners of death. Spenser.

of being scornful.

Deserving scorn. Scorny (skorn'i), a. 'Scorny dross.' Mir. for Mags. Scorodite (skor'od-it), n. [Gr. skorodon, garlic; from its smell under the blowpipe.] A native compound of arsenic acid and oxide of iron, having a leek-green or brownish colour.

Scorpæna (skor-pē'na), n. [Gr. skorpaina. a kind of fish.] A genus of fishes belonging to the family Triglidæ or Scorpænidæ. See HOG-FISH.

Scorpio (skor'pi-ō), n. [L.] A genus of Arachnidæ. See SCORPION.

Scorpio, Scorpius (skor pi-ō, skorpi-us), n. [L.] A constellation of the zodiac. See SCORPION.

Scorpioid (skor'pi-oid), n. [Scorpion, and Gr. eidos, resemblance.] In bot. an inflorescence which is rolled up towards one side, in the manner of a crosier, unrolling as the flowers expand. Treas. of Bot. Scorpioid, Scorpioidal (skor'pi-oid, skorpi-oid'al),a. 1. Scorpion-like.-2. In bot. said of a peculiar twisted inflorescence, curved or circinnate at the end, like the tail of a scorpion, as in the members of Boraginaceæ. Scorpion (skor'pi-on), n. [L. scorpio, scorpionis, also scorpius, from Gr. skorpion, skorpios, scorpion.] 1. The name of any species of Scorpio, a genus of pulmonary arachnids -order Arthrogastra or Pedipalpi. Scorpions have an elongated body, suddenly terminated by a long slender tail formed of six joints, the last of which terminates in an

Scorpion (Scorpio afer).

arcuated and very acute sting, which effuses a venomous liquid. This sting gives rise to excruciating pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except

in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is very seldom, if ever, fatal to man. The insect has four pairs of limbs borne by the thorax or chest-segments, and the maxillary palpi (organs of touch belonging to the maxillæ or lesser jaws) are largely developed, and constitute a formidable pair of nipping claws. With these claws they seize their insect prey, which is afterwards killed by the sting. The eyes, which are of the simple kind, number six, eight, or twelve. It was formerly believed that an oil, extracted from the scorpion, had the virtue of curing the sting of the animal. We find this belief referred to in the following passage:

And though I once despaired of woman, now
I find they relish much of scorpions,
For both have stings, and both can hurt and cure too.
Beau. & FI

It is also asserted that when the scorpion is surrounded by a circle of fire, and finds no means of escape from the action of the heat, it will sting itself. This is alluded to by various writers. Scorpions are found in the south of Europe, in Africa, in the East Indies, and in South America. The number of species is not accurately determined.2. In Scrip. a painful scourge; a kind of whip armed with points like a scorpion's tail.

My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

1 Ki. xii. 11.

3. In astron, the eighth sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about Oct. 23.-4. An ancient military engine used chiefly in the defence of the walls of a town. It resembled the balista in form, consisting of two beams bound together by ropes, from the middle of which rose a third beam, called the stylus, so disposed as to be pulled up and let down

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at pleasure; on the top of this were fastened iron hooks whereon a sling of iron or hemp was hung for throwing stones. Scorpion-fish (skor'pi-on-fish), n. A fish of the genus Scorpæna (which see); a hog-fish. Called also Sea-scorpion.

Scorpion-fly (skor'pi-on-fli), n. An insect of the genus Panorpa, having a tail which resembles that of a scorpion. The common scorpion-fly (P. communis) is a British insect, frequenting hedges and woods. Scorpion-grass (skor'pi-on-gras), n. A plant of the genus Myosotis (which see).

Scorpion-grass, the old name of the plant called Forget-me-not... It was called scorpion-grass from being supposed, or the doctrine of signatures, from its spike resembling a scorpion's tail, to be good against the sting of a scorpion. Dr. A. Prior. Scorpionidæ (skor-pi-on'i-dē), n. pl. The scorpion family. All the species are exotic, and not above two are European. Scorpion-senna (skor'pi-on-sen-na), n. A plant of the genus Coronilla, the C. Emerus, the leaves of which have cathartic properties, and are used to adulterate true senna. Scorpion-shell (skor'pi-on-shel), n. A name given to shells of certain gasteropodous molluscs belonging to the family Strombidæ. from the projecting spines with which they are provided.

Scorpion's-tail (skor'pi-onz-tāl), n. A plant, Scorpiurus sulcatus.

Scorpion-thorn (skor'pi-on-thorn), n. A plant, Genista scorpius.

Scorpiurus (skor-pi-ū'rus), n. [Gr. scorpios, a scorpion, and oura, a tail-alluding to the twisted form of the legumes.] A genus of plants, nat. order Leguminosa. They are small herbs, natives of the Mediterranean region, with simple leaves, and small, usually yellow, flowers, which are succeeded by long jointed pods. They are cultivated for the grotesque shape of their pods, which bear a strong resemblance to caterpillars. Scorset (skōrs), n. [Comp. discourse, and It. scorsa, a course.] A course or dealing; barter; exchange. Spenser.

Scorset (skōrs), v. t. To barter or exchange. This done she makes the stately dame to light, And with the aged woman cloths to scorse. Harrington. Scorse,t Scourse (skōrs), v.i. To barter; to deal, as for the purchase of a horse.

Will you scourse with him? you are in Smithfield; you may fit yourself with a fine easy-going hackney. B. Fonson. Scortatory (skor'ta-to-ri), a. [L. scortator, a fornicator, from scortum, a harlot.] Pertaining to or consisting in lewdness. Scorza (skorʼza), n. [It. scorza, bark-L. ex, and cortex, corticis, bark.] In mineral. à variety of epidote.

Scorzonera (skor-zō-nē'ra), n. [From O. Fr. scorzon, Catal. scurzon, a viper in Spain the plants are considered a certain remedy for the bite of the viper.] A genus of perennial herbs belonging to the nat. order Compositæ, sub-order Cichoraceae. They are known in English lists by the name of viper'sgrass, and one of the species, S. hispanica, is cultivated for its roots, which are sold as an edible, and commonly known as skirret. Scot (skot), n. [A. Sax. scot, sceot; Icel. skot, a portion, a tax; 0. Fris. skot; D. and L.G. schot; G. schoss. From the verb signifying to shoot, in the different languages. A. Sax. sceat, Icel. skattr, a coin, is of different origin.] 1. In old law, a portion of money, assessed or paid; a customary tax or contribution laid on subjects according to their ability; also, a tax or custom paid for the use of a sheriff or bailiff.-2. A payment; a contribution; a fine; a mulct; a reckoning; a shot. Scot and lot, parish payments. When persons were taxed not to the same amount, but according to their ability, they were said to pay scot and lot.

Scot (skot), n. [A. Sax. Scotta, Scottas, the Scots, originally the inhabitants of Ireland. Origin quite unknown.] A native of Scotland or North Britain. That hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too.' Shak. Scotal, Scotale † (skot'al, skot'al), n. [Scot and ale.] In law, the keeping of an alehouse by the officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor for fear of his displeasure.

Scotch (skoch), a. Pertaining to Scotland or its inhabitants; Scottish.-Scotch asphodel, a plant, the Tofieldia palustris.-Scotch barley, a variety of pot-barley, made by simply grinding off the husk.-Scotch bonnets, fairyring mushroom, the Agaricus oreades.Scotch fiddle, a cant name for the itch. Sir W. Scott.-Scotch fir, the Pinus sylvestris.

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It is the typical pine of Europe, especially of the northern and central parts, ranging from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia. It varies much in size, at high elevations being merely a stunted shrub, while in more favourable situations it attains the height of 100 feet. Besides furnishing excellent timber it yields valuable products, as turpentine, tar, resin, &c. Its varieties of timber are known as red, Norway, Riga, and Baltic pine. A variety growing native in Braemar has by some been raised into a distinct species under the specific name of Pinus horizontalis, Braemar or Speyside pine. Also called the Scotch Pine and Wild Pine. See PINE.- Scotch kale, green borecole, a variety of the cabbage, extensively cultivated in Scotland as a pot-herb.-Scotch mist, a colloquial term for a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain; or for a fine rain.-Scotch pebble, a name for varieties of agate, carnelian, and the like, originally derived from the cavities of amygdaloidal rocks in Scotland.-Scotch rose, a species of very thorny rose, Rosa spinosissima.-Scotch thistle, a kind of thistle regarded as the national emblem of Scotland, but the precise species to which the name properly belongs is not settled. Most authorities consider it to be the Onopordum Acanthium; others to be the Carduus Marianus; while some, with greater probability, refer it to the common Cnicus lanceolatus. The doubts have arisen from the figures on old coins and in paintings being intended to represent something like a thistle rather than any one in particular. See THISTLE. Scotch (skoch), n. 1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. 2. Collectively, the people of Scotland. Scotch (skoch), v.t. [Perhaps Celtic; comp. Gael. sgoch, a cut, incision; Arm. skosal, a rut. Or Fr. coche, a notch, might have given a verb escocher, whence this word.] To chop off a piece of the bark, skin, or surface of; to cut with shallow incisions; to notch; to wound slightly.

Shak.

We've scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it. They cannot quench young feelings fresh and early; I' scotch'd, not kill'd, the Scotchman in my blood, And love the land of mountain and of flood.' Byron. Scotch (skoch), n. [See above.] 1. A slight cut or shallow incision. 'Give him four scotches with a knife.' Iz. Walton.-2. A line drawn on the ground, as in hop-scotch. Scotch (skoch), v.t. [Written also scote, scoat. See SCOAT.] To prop; to support; to stop, as the wheel of a coach or wagon with a stone, &c. [Local.] Scotch-collops, Scotched-collops (skochkol'lops, skocht-kol'lops), n. pl. In cookery, a dish consisting of slices of beef beaten and done in a stew-pan with butter and flour, some salt, pepper, and a finely sliced onion. Scotch-hopper, Scotch-hop (skoch-hop'ér, skoch'hop), n. A game in which children hop over scotches or lines on the ground; hop-scotch.

Scotching, Scutching (skoch'ing, skuch'ing), n. In masonry, a method of dressing stone either by a pick or pick-shaped chisels inserted into a socket formed in the head of a hammer.

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Scoth† (sköth), v.t. To wrap in darkness;
to clothe or cover up. Pembroke.
Scotia (skō'ti-a), n. [Gr. skotia, lit. darkness.]
The hollow moulding in the base of a column

between the fillets of the tori. It takes its name from the shadow formed by it, which seems to envelop it in darkness. It is sometimes called a casemate, and often, from its resemblance to a common pulley, trochilus. It is frequently formed by the junction of curved surfaces of different radii.

Base of Ionic Order.

a, Scotia.

Scotist (skot'ist), n. One of the followers of Duns Scotus, one of the most celebrated scholastics of the fourteenth century, who maintained the immaculate conception of the Virgin, or that she was born without original sin, in opposition to the Thomists or followers of Thomas Aquinas. Scotodinia (skot-ō-di'ni-a), n. [Gr., from skotos, darkness, and dinos, giddiness.] In med. giddiness, with imperfect vision. Scotograph (skot'ō-graf), n. [Gr. skotos, darkness, and graphō, to write.] An instrument by which one may write in the dark, or for enabling the blind to write. Scotoma (sko-tō'ma), n. Same as Scotomy. Scotomy (skot'o-mi), n. [Fr. scotomie, from Gr. skotōma, vertigo, from skotos, darkness.] Dizziness or swimming of the head, with dimness of sight.

How does he with the swimming in his head?O, Sir, 'tis past the scotomy, he now Hath lost his feeling. B. Jonson. Scotoscope (skot'ō-skōp), n. [Gr. skotos, darkness, and skopeō, to look at.] An old optical instrument intended to enable objects to be discerned in the dark. Pepys. Scots (skots), n. The Scotch dialect. Scots (skots), a. Scotch; as, Scots law. Scotsman (skots'man), n. Same as Scotch

man.

Scottering (skot'èr-ing), n. The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. Bailey. [Provincial English.] Scottice (skot'ti-se), adv. [L] In the Scotch manner; in the Scotch language. Scotticism (skot'ti-sizm), n. An idiom or peculiar expression of the natives of Scotland.

Gibbon's style is very impure, abounding in Gallicisms; Hume's, especially in the first edition of his History, is, with all its natural elegance, almost as much infested with Scotticisms. Craik,

Scotticize (skot'ti-sīz), v.t. To render Scottish; to make to become like the Scotch or Scottish (skot'tish), a. like something Scotch.

Of or pertaining to Scotland or its natives; pertaining to the form of English peculiar to Scotland, or to the literature written in it; Scotch.

Scoug (skug), n. [Icel. skuggi, Sw. skugga, shade, shadow.] Shade; shelter; protection. 'Under the scoug of a whin-bush.' Leighton. [Scotch.]

land; a Scot.

Scote (skōt), v. t. Same as Scoat. Scoter, Scoter-duck (skō'tèr, skō'tér-duk), n. [Comp. Icel. skoti, a shooter: the name may mean diver or darter.] A bird of the genus Oidemia, belonging to the oceanic section of ducks, having a short broad bill with an elevated knob at the base of the upper mandible, the tip much flattened, and terminated by a large flat nail, the mandibles laminated with broad, strong, widely separated plates; the wings of moderate length; the tail short and acute; the feet large, having the hinder toe provided with a broad membranous lobe; the plumage generally very dark. Their food consists generally of shell-fish, crustaceans, &c., which they obtain by diving. The common or black scoter (O. nigra) is about the size of a common duck, and is abundant on some parts of our coasts in winter, but retires to the Arctic regions on the approach of warm weather. The whole plumage of the male is black, of the female dark brown. The flesh is oily, and has a fishy taste. The velvet scoter is the O. fusca, and the surf-scoter the O. perspicillata. Scot-free (skot'fre), a. 1. Free from payment or scot; untaxed.-2. Unhurt; clear; safe. Do as much for this purpose and thou shalt pass scot free. Sir 11. Scott.

scounerel or scunerel, one to be shunned or avoided, from A. Sax. scunian, to shun, an intermediate step being seen in Sc. scunner, sconner, to loathe, to cause to loathe, or as a noun, loathing. The d would be inserted, as in thunder, tender. Or from A. Sax. scond, scand, G. schande, shame, disgrace.] A base, mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a low, petty villain; a man without honour or virtue. Shak.

Go, if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the Flood. Pope. Scoundrel (skoun'drel), a. Belonging to a scoundrel; base; mean; unprincipled. 'A penny saved is a penny gotFirm to this scoundrel maxim keepeth he. Thomson. The Scoundrelism (skoun'drel-izm), n. practices of a scoundrel; baseness; turpitude; rascality.

Alas, the scoundrelism and hard usage are not so easy of abolition! Carlyle. Scoundrelly (skoun'drel-li), a. Characteristic of a scoundrel; base; mean; villanous. Scoup (skoup), v.i. [Feel. scopa, to run about. Comp. skip.] To leap or move hastily from one place to another; to run; to scamper. [Scotch.]

Scoup (skoup), v.t. Same as Scoop. Sometimes we scoup the squirrel's hollow cell.' Hood.

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Scour (skour), v.t. [The same word as Dan. skure, Sw. skura, G. scheuern, to scour, to rub, D. schuren, to rub upon, to gall; perhaps from O. Fr. escurer, Pr. and Sp. escurar, to scour, from a L. excurare-ex, and curare, in sense of to clean.] 1. To rub hard with something rough for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright on the surface; to brighten; as, to scour a kettle, armour, &c.

Part scour the rusty shields with seam. Dryden. 2. To take grease or dirt out of the fabric of, by washing or chemical appliances; as, to scour blankets or articles of dress.

In some lakes the water is so nitrous, as if foul clothes be put into it, it scoureth them of itself. Bacon.

3. To remove by scouring; to cleanse away; to obliterate; to efface.

Never came reformation in a flood

With such a bloody current, scouring faults. Shak. 4. To purge violently; to act as a violent purgative on.-5. To pass swiftly over; to brush along; as, to scour the coast.

'Not

so when swift Camilla scours the plain.' Pope. Hence-6. To pass swiftly over in search of something or to drive away something; to overrun; to sweep clear. scour the sea of its pirates.' Sir P. Sidney.

'To

Scour (skour), v.i. 1. To clean by rubbing. 'Can wash and scour.' Shak.-2. To take dirt or grease out of cloth.

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better. Bacon.

3. To be purged to excess.-4. To rove or range for sweeping or taking something. Barbarossa scouring along the coast of Italy.' Knolles.-5. To run with celerity; to scamper.

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race,
Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.
Dryden.

Scour (skour), n. A kind of diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.

Scourage (skouraj), n. Refuse water after cleaning or scouring.

Scourer (skour'ėr), n. 1. One that scours or cleans by rubbing or washing.-2. A drastic cathartic.-3. One that runs with speed.4. One who scours or roams the streets by night; a rover, robber, or footpad; speciflcally, one of a band of young scamps in the latter half of the seventeenth century who roamed the streets of London and committed various kinds of mischief. In those days of highwaymen and scourers.' 'Macaulay.

Who has not heard the scourer's midnight fame? Who has not trembled at the Mohock's name? Gay. Scourge (skérj), n. [Fr. escourgée, a scourge; L.L. excorrigiata, from L. ex, and corrigia, a horse's rein, a shoe-tie.] 1. An instrument of the whip kind for the infliction of pain or punishment; a lash; a whip. 'A scourge of small cords.' Jn. ii. 15. Hence--2. A punishment; a vindictive affliction; any means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering.

Famine and plague are sent as scourges for amend. 2 Esdras xvi. 19.

ment.

3. One who greatly afflicts, harasses, or destroys.

If Attila equalled the hostile ravages of Tamerlane, either the Tartar or the Hun might deserve the epithet of the scourge of God. Gibbon.

4. A whip for a top. Locke. Scourge (skérj), v.t. pret. & pp. scourged; ppr. scourging. [See the noun.] 1. To whip with a scourge; to whip severely; to lash. Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a RoActs xxii. 25.

man?

2. To punish with severity; to chastise or correct; to afflict for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

He will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again. Tobit xiii. 5. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourg eth every son whom he receiveth. Heb. xii. 6.

3. To afflict greatly; to harass; to torment. Bashaws or governors have been allowed to scourge and impoverish the people. Brougham. Scourger (skérj'ër), n. One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely; specifically, one of the sect otherwise called Flagellants, who scourged themselves as a penance.

The sect of the scourgers broached several capital
Tyndale.

errors.

Scouring-ball (skouring-bal), n. A ball such as may be made of a combination of

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soap, ox-gall, and absorbent earth, used for removing stains of grease, paint, fruit, &c., from cloth.

Scouring - barrel (skour'ing-bar-el), n. A machine in which scrap-iron or small manufactured articles of metal are freed from dirt and rust by friction. Scouring-basin (skour'ing-ba-sn), n. A reservoir in which tidal water is stored up to a certain level, and let out from sluices in a rapid stream for a few minutes at low water, to scour a channel and its bar. E. H. Knight. Scouring-drops (skour'ing-drops), n. pl. A mixture in equal quantities of essential oil of turpentine and oil of lemon-peel, used to remove stains of grease, paint, fruit, &c.,

from cloth. Scouring-power (skour'ing-pou-ér), n. The efficiency of a stream of water employed to carry away shingle, &c., from the mouth of a harbour, river, and the like, by flushing. Scourse. See SCORSE.

Scout (skout), n. [O. Fr. escoute, a scout, from escouter, older escolter, esculter, to hear; It. ascoltare; from L. ausculto, to listen, from root of audio, to hear, auris, the ear.] 1. One sent out to gain and bring in information; specifically, one employed to observe the motions and obtain intelligence of the numbers of an enemy.

Are not the speedy scouts returned again,
That dogg'd the mighty army of the Dauphin?
Shak.

2. A term at Oxford for a college servant or waiter.

No scout in Oxford, no gyp in Cambridge ever matched him in speed and intelligence. Sir W. Scott.

3. In cricket, a fielder.

2. To range over for the purpose of disScout (skout), v. t. [Icel. skúta, a taunt; percovery; as, to scout the plain. Swift. haps from root of shoot.] To sneer at; to treat with disdain and contempt; to reject with scorn. 'Flout 'em and scout 'em, and scout 'em and flout 'em.' Shak.

As for the idea of being jealous of Glorvina (Glorvina indeed!) Amelia would have scouted it, if an angel from heaven had hinted it to her. Thackeray. Scout (skout), n. [Icel. skúti, a cave formed by jutting rocks; skúta, to jut out.] A high

rock.

Scout (skout), n. [Icel. skúta, Dan. skude, a small craft; D. schuit, a boat, a barge.] A swift sailing-boat. Pepys. Scouth, Scowth (skouth), n. [Icel. skotha, to look after; to view. Room; liberty to range; scope. [Scotch.]

Scouther, Scowther (skou'THer), v. t. [Formerly also scolder; perhaps from scald.] To scorch; to fire hastily on a gridiron. [Scotch.] Scouther (skou'THer), n. A hasty toasting; a slight scorching.

I'll just tell ye ae thing, neighbour, that if things be otherwise than weel wi' Grace Armstrong, I'se gie you a scouther, if there be a tar-barrel in the five parishes. Sir W. Scott. Scovan-lode (skō'van-lōd), n. In mining, a lode having no native oxide of iron on its back or near the surface.

Scovel (skuv'l), n. [W. ysgubell, from ysgub, a broom, L. scopa.] A mop for sweeping ovens; a maulkin.

Scow (skou), n. [D. schouw, a ferry-boat.] 1. A kind of large flat-bottomed boat used chiefly as a lighter; a pram.-2. A small boat made of willows, &c., and covered with skins; a ferry-boat. Scow (skou), v.t. To transport in a scow. Scowert (skou'èr), v.t. To scour. Scowerert (skour'ėr), n. A scourer. Scowl (skoul), v.i. [A. Sax. scúl, sceôl, in scûl-edged, sceôl-éged, squint-eyed; Dan. skule, to look with downcast eyes, to scowl; Icel. skæla, to make a wry face; G. schulen and L.G. scheilen, to squint; and Sc. showl, skyowl, to make wry mouths insultingly.] 1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowld and frown'd with froward countenance. Spenser.

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Scowl (skoul), v. t.

2. To look gloomy, frowning, dark, or tempestuous. The scowling heavens.' ThomTo look at or drive with a scowl or frowns. Milton. Scowl (skoul), n. 1. A deep angry frown by depressing the brows; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance.-2. Gloom; dark or tempestuous aspect, as of the heavens.

A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul. Crashaw. Scowling (skoul'ing), a. Characterized by a sullen, severe, or angry look; gloomy, as with anger or hate; frowning sullenly or gloomily. 'A dark scowling face.' Edin. Rev. Scowlingly (skoul'ing-li), adv. In a scowling manner; with a wrinkled frowning aspect; with a sullen look. Scrabbed-eggs (skrabt'egz), n. pl. A lenten dish consisting of eggs boiled hard, chopped and mixed with a seasoning of butter, salt, and pepper.

Scrabble (skrab'l), v.i. pret. scrabbled; ppr. scrabbling. [Perhaps from same root as L. scribo, to write, or a dim. of scrape; comp. D. krabbeln, to scrape, to scrabble; G. krabbeln, to grope, to crawl; and E. scribble and scramble.] 1. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scrawl; to scribble.

And he... feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1 Sam. xxi. 13. 2. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands: to move along on the hands and knees; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. [Old and provincial.]

Scrabble (skrab'l), v.t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; as, to scrabble paper. Scrabble (skrab'l), n. 1. A scribble; a scrawl. 2. A moving on the hands and knees; a scramble.

Scraber (skrā’bėr), n. A local name for the black guillemot. See GUILLEMOT. Scraffito (skrä-fē'tō ), n. [It., from scraffiare, to scratch.] In arch. same as Scratch-work. Scraffle (skraf'l), v.i. [A form of scrabble or scramble.] 1. To scramble; to struggle; hence, to wrangle or quarrel. Halliwell. 2. To be busy or industrious. Brockett.3. To shuffle; to use evasion. Grose. [Obsolete or provincial in all senses.] Scrag (skrag), n. [Comp., Gael. screag, parched, shrivelled; Icel. skröggs-ligr, scraggy, gaunt; Skröggr, a name of a giant. Akin Sc. scrog, a stunted bush.] 1. Something thin or lean, with roughness.-2. A rawboned person. [Vulgar.]-3. A crooked branch. [Provincial English.]-Serag of mutton, the bony part of the neck of a sheep's carcass; hence, in contempt, a person's neck. Scragged (skrag'ed),a. [See above.] 1. Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; full of asperities; scraggy. 'The scragged and thorny lectures of monkish and miserable sophistry.' Milton.-2. Lean with rough

ness.

Scraggedness (skrag'ed-nes), n. The state or quality of being scragged; leanness, or leanness with roughness; roughness occaScraggily (skrag'i-li), adv. In a scraggy sioned by broken irregular points. manner; with leanness and roughness. Scragginess (skragʻi-nes), n. The state or quality of being scraggy; leanness; ruggedness; roughness.

Scraggy (skrag'i), a. [See SCRAG.] 1. Having an irregular broken surface; rough with irregular points; rugged; scragged.

A scraggy rock, whose prominence Half overshades the ocean. F. Philips. 2. Lean; thin; bony. A bevy of dowagers stout or scraggy.' Thackeray. Scrag-necked (skrag'nekt), a. Having a long, thin, scraggy neck. Scraich, Scraigh (skräch), v.i. To scream hoarsely; to shriek; to screech; to utter a loud shrill sound; to cry as a fowl. 'Paitricks scraichin loud at e'en.' Burns. [Scotch.]

Scraich, Scraigh (skráčh), n. A scream; a shriek.

Scraich-o'-day (skrāčh'ō-dā), n. The first appearance of dawn; daybreak. See SCREIGHOF-DAY. [Scotch.]

Scramble (skram'bl), v.i. pret. & pp. scrambled; ppr. scrambling. [Freq. and dim. of Prov. E. scramb, to pull or rake with the hands; allied to D. scrammen, to scratch; Dan. skramle, to ramble; Sw. skramla, to clatter; and probably also to scrabble, scrape.] 1. To move or climb by seizing

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objects with the hand and drawing the body forward; to move on all fours; as, to scramble up a cliff.-2. To seize or catch eagerly at anything that is desired; to struggle for or seize before others something thrown upon the ground; to catch at or strive for rudely or without ceremony.

Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast. Milton. Scramble (skram'bl), n. 1. The act of scrambling or clambering. 2. An eager contest for something, in which one endeavours to get the thing before another; an unceremonious struggle with pushing and jostling.

Somebody threw a handful of apples among them, that set them presently together by the ears upon the scramble. Sir R. L'Estrange.

Scramble (skram'bl), v. t. To do anything in a hurried random fashion; to mix and cook in a confused mass; as, to scramble

eggs.

Juliet, scrambling up her hair, darted into the house to prepare the tea. Lord Lytton.

Scrambler (skram'blér), n. One who scrambles All the little scramblers after fame.' Addison.

Scrambling (skram'bling), p. and a. Irregular; straggling; rambling; haphazard; random. A huge old scrambling bedroom.' Sir W. Scott.

Scramblingly (skram'bling-li), adv. In a scrambling manner; by seizing or catching at eagerly.

Scranch (skransh), v.t. [Probably imitative; D. schransen, to scranch; G. schranzen, to eat greedily. The word is the same as cranch, craunch, with s prefixed. Comp. creak, skreak; cringe, scringe.] To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Colloq.]

Scranky (skrangk'i), a. [A form of scraggy with n interposed. See SCRAG.] Lank; slender. Prof. Wilson. [Scotch.] Scrannel (skran'el), a. [Allied to scranny, scrawny, thin, meagre; Icel. skran, refuse; comp. Ir. and Gael. crion, withered, little, mean.] Slight; poor; thin; slender; miserable.Their scrannel pipes of wretched straw.' Milton.

He is to twang harps for thee and blow through scrannel pipes. Carlyle.

Scranny (skran'i), a. [See above.] Thin; lean; scrannel; scrawny. [Provincial English.]

Scrap (skrap), n. [Formerly scrape; Icel. skrap, scraps, trifles; from the verb to scrape.] 1. A small piece, properly something scraped off; a detached, incomplete portion; a bit; a fragment; a crumb; as, scraps of meat.

They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. Shak.

2. A detached piece, portion, or fragment of something written or printed; a short or unconnected extract; as, scraps of history or poetry; scraps of authors. Scraps of thundrous epic lilted out.' Tennyson.3. A picture, suited for preservation in a scrap-book, or for ornamenting Screens, boxes, &c.; as, coloured scraps; photographic scraps, &c.-4. pl. The husky, skinny residuum of melted fat. [Local.] Scrap-book (skrap'buk), n. A book for holding scraps; a book for the preservation of prints, engravings, &c., or of short pieces of poetry or other extracts from books and papers; an album.

Scrape (skrap), v. t. pret. & pp. scraped; ppr. scraping. [Directly from Icel. skrapa, to scrape, to clatter, to scratch; cog. with A. Sax. screopan, to scrape; L.G. and D. schrapen, also schrabben, Dan. skrabe, to scrape, to scratch.] 1. To rub the surface of with a sharp or rough instrument, or with something hard; to deprive of the surface by the light action of a sharp instrument; to grate harshly over; to abrade.

A hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall. Pope. 2. To clean by rubbing with something sharp or hard. 'Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish.' Shak. Lev. xiv. 41.-3. To remove or take off by rubbing; to erase.

I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ezek. xxvi. 4.

Like the sanctimonious pirate, that went to sea with the ten commandments, but scraped one out of Shak.

the table.

4. To collect by laborious effort; to gather by small gains or savings; to acquire, save, or gather penuriously: usually with together; as, to scrape a sum of money together.

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'The nonconformists did not choose, but scraped subscribers.' Fuller.

Let the government be ruined by his avarice, if by avarice he can scrape together so much as to make his peace. South.

5. In public meetings, &c., to express disapprobation of or attempt to drown the voice of by drawing the feet over the floor.

To scrape acquaintance with a person, to make one's self acquainted, lit. by bowing or scraping; to insinuate one's self into a person's acquaintance.

Scrape (skräp), v.i. 1. To roughen or remove a surface by rubbing; to make a harsh noise by rubbing; to make a harsh noise.2. To play awkwardly on a violin or such like instrument.

To arrive at this surprising expedition, this musi cal legerdemain, it is indeed necessary to do little else than scrape and pipe. Dr. Knox.

3. To make an awkward bow, with a draw. ing back of the foot.

Scrape (skrap), n. [From the verb.] 1. The act or noise of scraping; a rubbing over with something that roughens or removes the surface; hence, the effect of scraping or rubbing; as, a noisy scrape on a floor; the scrape of a pen.-2. An awkward bow accompanied with a scraping of the foot.-3. A disagreeable predicament; a perplexing or embarrassing position; a difficulty; perplexity; distress. All who find themselves in a scrape.' Sir W. Scott. [Colloq.]

The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. Warburton. A miser; Scrape-penny (skrāp'pen-i), n. a penurious money hoarder. 1. An instrument Scraper (skrāp ́ér), n. with which anything is scraped; specifically, (a) a metal instrument, placed at or near the door of a house, upon which to scrape or clean the shoes. (b) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, and used for scraping earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals, &c., and generally in raising and removing loosened soil, &c., to a short distance. (c) A large hoe used in cleaning roads, court-yards, cow-houses, &c. (d) An instrument hav

ing two or three sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of ships, &c. (e) In engr. a tool

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with a three-
edged blade for removing the ridge which
rises in a copper-plate by the use of the
graver or dry point. (f) In lithography,
a board in a lithographic press whose edge
is lowered on the tympan-sheet to bring
the requisite pressure upon the paper which
lies upon the inked stone. 2. One who
scrapes; specifically, (a) a miser; one who
gathers property by penurious diligence and
small savings; a scrape-penny.

Be thrifty but not covetous; therefore give
Thy need, thine honour, and thy friend his due.
Never was scraper brave man. G. Herbert.

(b) An awkward fiddler. Cowley.
Scraper-machine (skrāp′ēr-ma-shēn), n.
An old form of lithographic press, in which
the stone and the paper for the impression,
with a backing, was run beneath a straight
edge pressed violently upon the object pass-
ing beneath. It is now supplanted by the
roller-press.

Scrapescall (skrāp'skal), n. A miser; a scrape-penny. Withals.

Scrap-forging (skrap'fōrj-ing), n. A piece of scrap-iron piled, heated, and drawn into a bar.

Scrapiana (skrap-i-a'na), n. pl. A collection of literary scraps or fragments. Eclec. Rev.

Scraping (skrāp'ing), n. 1. The act of one that scrapes.-2. That which is scraped off from a substance, or is collected by scraping, raking, or rubbing; as, the scrapings of the street.

Scrapingly (skrāp′ing-li), adv. In a scraping manner; by scraping. Scraping-plane (skrāp'ing-plān), n. A plane having a vertical cutter or bit, with an edge ground at an angle of 70° or 80°, adjusted by a vertical screw, and held in place by an end screw and block, used by workers in iron, steel, brass, ivory, and hard woods. Scrap-iron (skrap'i-ern), n. Old iron, cuttings of plates, and other miscellaneous fragments of iron accumulated for remelting. Wrought scrap-iron consists of cut

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tings, clippings, and worn-out small articles, such as horse-shoe nails, &c.; when carefully selected and rewrought the product possesses superior toughness and malleability. Scrap-metal (skrap'met-al), n. A term applied to fragments of any kind of metal which are only of use for remelting. Scrappy (skrap'i), a. Consisting of scraps. 'A dreadfully scrappy dinner, the evident remains of a party to which I didn't invite you.' Thackeray. [Colloq.] Scratt (skrat), v.t. [A form of scratch.] To scratch.

It is an ordinary thing for women to scrat the faces of such as they suspect. Burton.

Scratt (skrat), v.i. To rake; to search. Mir. for Mags.

Scratt (skrat), n. An hermaphrodite. Scratch (skrach), v.t. [O.E. cratch, to scratch; O.D. kratsen, Sw. kratsa, Dan. kradse, G. kratzen, to scratch. The & does not properly belong to the word, but has probably been prefixed through the influence of scrape, &c.] 1. To rub, tear, or mark the surface of with something sharp; to wound slightly by a point or points; as, to scratch the cheeks with the nails; to scratch the earth with a rake; to scratch the hands or face with a pin or the like. A sort of small sand-coloured stones, so hard as to scratch glass.' N. Grew.

Daphne roaming through a thorny wood, Scratching her legs that one shall swear she bleeds. Shak 2. To rub or scrape with the nails so as not to wound.

Be mindful, when invention fails,

To scratch your head and bite your nails. Swift. 3. To write or draw awkwardly; as, to scratch out a pamphlet. Swift.-4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes in which they burrow.5. To erase or blot out; to obliterate; to expunge; specifically, in horse-racing, to erase, as the name of a horse from the list of starters. 'Made my lord scratch him for the Two Thousand.' Macmillan's Mag.

He retires on his pension, and then when his last hour is near, his last act is to try and get his name scratched, so that he may not die in the service of the stranger. W. H. Russell.

-To scratch out, to erase; to rub out; to obliterate.

Scratch (skrach), v.i. To use the nails, claws, or the like, in tearing the surface, or in digging; as, the gallinaceous hen scratches for her chickens. 'Dull tame things. that will neither bite nor scratch.' Dr. H. More.

Scratch (skrach), n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed; a slight furrow; a score; as, a scratch on timber or glass.

...

The coarse file.. work.

makes deep scratches in the Fos. Moxon.

2. A slight wound; a laceration; a slight incision. These nails with scratches shall deform my breast.' Prior.

God forbid a shallow scratch should drive
The Prince of Wales from such a field as this.
Shak,

3. A kind of wig covering only a part of the head.-4. In pugilism, a line drawn across the prize-ring, up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence the vulgar phrase, to come up to the scratch, meaning, to stand to the consequences, or appear when expected.-5. In handicapped competitions, the starting-point, or the time of starting for those competitors who are considered the best, and who are allowed no advantage in the start.-6. In billiards, an accidental, successful stroke; a fluke.-7. A calcareous, earthy, or stony substance which separates from sea-water in boiling it for salt. Rees.-8. pl. A disease in horses, consisting of dry chaps, rifts, or scabs, between the heel and pastern-joint.-Old Scratch, the devil.

He did nothing but scratch, scratch, scratch, until I thought it was Old Scratch himself. Marryat. Scratch (skrach), a. Taken at random or haphazard, or without regard to qualifications; taken indiscriminately; heterogeneous. [Colloq.]

The corps is a family gathered together like what jockeys call a 'scratch team.' A wheeler here, and a leader there, with just smartness enough to soar above the level of a dull audience. Lever.

Compared with the Oxford men, those sent up by Cambridge were on this occasion little better than a scratch crew. Times newspaper.

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Scratch-back (skrach'bak), n. 1. A toy which when drawn across a person's back produces a noise as if his coat were torn. Lord Lytton. --2. An implement formerly used by ladies for scratching themselves, consisting of an artificial hand or claws attached to a handle.

Scratch-brush (skrach'brush), n. A cylindrical bundle of fine steel or brass wire bound tightly in the centre, with the ends projecting at both extremities so as to form a stiff brush for cleaning and scratching metals preparatory to gilding and silvering, for cleaning files, and for other pur

poses.

Scratch-cradle (skrach'krã-dl), n. Cratchcradle. See CAT'S-CRADLE.

Scratcher (skrach'èr), n. One who or that which scratches; specifically, a bird which scratches for food, as the common fowl; one of the Rasores.

Scratchingly (skrach'ing-li), adv. With the action of scratching. Like a cat when scratchingly she wheels after a mouse.' Sir P. Sidney.

Scratchings (skrach'ingz), n. pl. [Comp. Scratch, n. 7. Possibly it may be a corruption of searcings, from searce, a sieve.] Refuse matter strained out of fat when it is melted and purified. [Provincial English.] She'd take a big cullendar to strain her lard wi' and then wonder as the scratchings run through. George Eliot.

Scratch-pan (skrach'pan), n. A pan in

salt-works to receive the scratch. Scratch-race (skrach'rās), n. A race in which the competitors are either drawn by lot or taken without regard to qualifications; a race without restrictions.

Scratch-weed (skrach'wēd), n. A rough common weed of the genus Galíum (G. Aparine).

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Called also Cleavers, Goose-grass,Catch-weed. See GALIUM.

Scratch-wig (skrach'wig), n. A kind of wig that covers only a portion of the head. 'Small scratch-wigs without powder.' Thackeray.

Scratch-work (skrach'wèrk), n. A species of fresco consisting of a coloured plaster laid on the face of a building, &c., and covered with a white one, which being scratched through to any design the coloured work appears and makes the contrast. Scrattle (skrat'l), v.i. [No doubt a form suggested by scratch, or partly by to scuttle.] To scramble; to scuttle. [Provincial.]

'Twas dark parts and Popish then; and nobody knowed nothing, nor got no schooling, nor cared for nothing but scrattling up and down alongshore like to prawns in a pule. Kingsley.

In another minute a bouncing and scrattling was heard on the stairs and a white bull-dog rushed in. T. Hughes. Scraw (skrą), n. [Ir. scralh, a turf.] A turf; a sod. [Irish.]

Neither should that odious custom be allowed of cutting scraws (as they call them), which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover their cabins or make up their ditches. Swift.

Scrawl (skral), v.t. [Probably a contracted form of scrabble; comp. D. schravelen, schrafelen, to scrape or scratch.] To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly with a pen, pencil, or other instrument; to write awkwardly, hastily, or imperfectly; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter; also, to make irregular lines or bad writing on; as, to scrawl a piece of paper.

Peruse my leaves through ev'ry part And think thou seest its owner's heart, Scrawl'd o'er with trifles thus, and quite As hard, as senseless, and as light. Scrawl (skral), v.i. 1. To write unskilfully and inelegantly. Though with a golden pen

Swift.

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you scrawl.' Swift.-2. † To creep; to crawl. Ainsworth.

Scrawl (skral), n. 1. A piece of unskilful or inelegant writing, or a piece of hasty, bad writing. 'Loose, straggling scrawls they were. Dickens.

Mr. Wycherly, hearing from me how welcome his letters would be, writ to you, in which I inserted my scrawl. Pope.

2. In New England, a ragged broken branch of a tree or other brush-wood.

Scrawler (skral'èr), n. One who scrawls; a hasty or awkward writer.

Scrawm (skram), v. t. [Lit. to scar or make scars in; Icel. skráma, Dan. skramme, a scar; probably from root of scrape.] To tear; to scratch. [Northern provincial English.]

He scrawm'd an' scratted my faace like a cat. Tennyson (Northern Cobbler). Scrawny (skra'ni), a. [Allied to scrannel. See SCRANNEL.] Meagre; wasted; raw-boned; scranny. [Local.]

Scray (skra), n. [W. yseraen, the scray.] Sterna Hirundo, the sea-swallow; the common tern.

Screable † (skrē'a-bl), a. [L. screabilis, from screo, to spit out.] That may be spit out. Screakt (skrek), v.i. [An older and northern form of screech, shriek, which are weakened forms; Sw. skrika, Icel. skrækja, to screak. It is equivalent to creak, with prefixed intens. 8, and is no doubt imitative. See SCREECH.] To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound or outcry; to scream or screech; also, to creak, as a door or wheel. Written also Screeke and Scrike. See SCREECH.

I would become a cat

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