Scŭp1, n.
[D. schop.] A swing;—a term still retained among the Dutch settlers of N. Y. Bartlett.
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[D. schop.] A swing;—a term still retained among the Dutch settlers of N. Y. Bartlett.
[Scup, a contraction of the Indian mishcŭp, from mishe-kuppi, large, thick-scaled; scuppaug, from the plural of the same word, mishcuppaŭog.] (Ichth.) A small fish; Pagrus argyrops of Linnæus and Storer; the porgee. [U. S.]