2 entries under this word

Scup

Scŭp, n.

noun

[D. schop.] A swing;—a term still retained among the Dutch settlers of N. Y. Bartlett.

Scŭp or Scŭp'paug, n.

noun

[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.]