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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Scăb'bi-ness, n. p. 1175The state or quality of being scabby.Scâb'ble, v. t. p. 1175The same as SCAPPLE. See SCAPPLE.Scâb'by, a. p. 1175Affected with scabs; full of scabs. 2. Diseased with the scab or mange; mangy.Scā'bi-ēs, n. p. 1175(Med.) A kind of contagious cutaneous disease; the itch. Dunglison.Scā'bi-ous, a. p. 1175Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.Sca’bi-oûs, n. p. 1175(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Scabiosa, said to be useful in cutaneous diseases. London. (b.) A plant of the genus Erigeron; flea-bane.Scâb'ling, n. p. 1175A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]Sca-brĕd'i-ty, n. p. 1175Roughness; ruggedness. [Obs.] Burton.Scāb'rous, a. p. 1175Having hard, short, rigid points; rough; rugged. Arbuthnot. 2. Harsh; unmusical. [Rare.] His verse is scabrous and hobbling. Dryden.Seâ'broûs-ness, n. p. 1175The state or quality of being scabrous; roughness; ruggedness.Seâb'wort, n. p. 1175(Bot.) A plant; a species of Helenium.Seâd, n. p. 1175(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Caranx; horse-mackerel. See HORSE-MACKEREL.Scâf'fold, n. p. 1175A temporary structure of timber, boards, &c., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and the materials, in building, &c., for exhibiting a spectacle upon, or for holding the spectators at a…Scaf'fold, v. t. p. 1175To furnish with a scaffold; to sustain; to uphold.Scâf'fold-age, n. p. 1175A scaffold; a scaffolding; a stage. [Obs.] Shak.Scăf'fold-ing, n. p. 1175A frame or structure for temporary support; a stage; a frame; a scaffold; as, the scaffolding of the body. Pope. 2. Materials for scaffolds.Scāf'fold-pōle, n. p. 1175A long pole for supporting or building a scaffold. Simmonds.Scāg'liā, n. p. 1175(Min.) A reddish variety of chalk. Dana.Scāg'liō'lā, n. p. 1175An imitation of marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is studded with splinters of marble, spar, granite, and the like, and then…Scā'ulā, n. p. 1175(Med.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.Scāl'a-ble, a. p. 1175Capable of being scaled.Sea-lā'de' or Sea-lā'do, n. p. 1175(Mil.) An assault on a besieged place with ladders to mount the walls; an escalade. Fairfax.Sea-lā'rī-ā, n. p. 1175(Conch.) A genus of gasteropodous mollusks, having shells pure white and lustrous, of a turreted form, with many whorls, and ornamented with many transverse ribs. Baird.Sea-lār'i-fōrm, a. p. 1175Having transverse bars and spaces, or what look like spaces, so as to resemble a ladder, as vascular tissue transversely barred and striated.Scā'la-ry, a. p. 1175Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. [Obs.] Browne.Scā'la-wāg, n. p. 1175A miserable scamp; a scapegrace. [Vulgar.] Bartlett.Scald, v. t. p. 1175To burn with hot liquid; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any fluid of high temperature; as, to scald the hand or foot. Mine own tears do scald like molten lead. Shak. Here the…Scald, n. p. 1175A burn, or injury to the skin and flesh by some hot liquid, or by steam.Scald, n. p. 1175Scurf on the head; scab. Spenser.Scald, a. p. 1175Scurvy; paltry; poor; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] Shak.Scāld, n. p. 1175One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, &c., among the Norsemen; more rarely, and less properly, a bard among any of the ancient…Scāld'er, n. p. 1175A Scandinavian poet; a scald.Scald'-fish, n. p. 1175(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Rhombus (R. arnoglossus), allied to the turbot, flounder, &c. Yarrell.Scald'-head, n. p. 1175(Med.) A pustular eruption, mostly of the hairy scalp, in which the pustules are in distinct, often distant patches, gradually spreading till the whole head is covered as with a helmet; skin below…Scāld'ic, a. p. 1175Pertaining to the scalds or poets of antiquity; composed by scalds. Warton.Scald'ing-hōt, a. p. 1175So hot as to scald the skin.Scāle, n. p. 1175The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale;—chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for…Scāle, n. p. 1175One of the small, thin, membranous or bony pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermo-skeleton. Glide under the green wave.…Scale, n. p. 1175A ladder; series of steps; means of ascending. 2. Hence, any thing graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines or degrees at regular intervals; as, specifically, (a.)…Scāle, v. t. p. 1175To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps; to clamber up. Oft have I scaled the craggy oak. Spencer.Scāle, v. t. p. 1175To measure; to compare; to weigh. [Rare.] “Scaling his present bearing with his past.” Shak.Scāle, v. t. p. 1175To strip or clear of scales; as, to scale a fish. 2. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. “If all the mountains were scaled, and the earth made…Scāle, v. i. p. 1175To lead up by steps; to ascend. [Obs.] “The stair that scaled by steps of God to heaven’s gate.” Milton. 2. To separate and come off in thin layers or laminæ. The old shells of the lobster scale off.…Scāle'-bēam, n. p. 1175The lever or beam of a balance.Scāle'-bee'tle, n. p. 1175(Entom.) The tiger-beetle.Scāle'-bōard p. 1175n. 1. (Print.) A thin slip of wood used to extend a page to its true length, make types register, secure uniformity of margin, and for other purposes. Savage. 2. A thin veneer or leaf of wood, used…Scāled, a. p. 1175Having scales like a fish; squamous; as, a scaled snake.Scāle'-in'sect, n. p. 1175(Entom.) A small hemipterous insect, of a more or less flattened, scale-like appearance, the species of which belong chiefly to the genus Coccus. They live on the juices of the plants on which they…Scale'-less, a. p. 1175Destitute of scales.Scale'-mōss, n. p. 1175(Bot.) A plant belonging to the order Jungermannia, resembling moss, growing upon the trunks of trees in damp earth, and in similar situations;—so called from its small, scale-like leaves.Sca-lēne', a. p. 1175(Geom.) (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; — said of a triangle. (b.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.Sca-lēne', n. p. 1176(Geom.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.Sca-lē'no-hē'dron, n. p. 1176(Crystallog.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, in which the pyramids are six-sided, and the faces are scalene triangles. Dana.Seāl'er, n. p. 1176One who scales.Seāle'-stōne, n. p. 1176(Min.) The same as TABULAR SPAR. See TABULAR.Scā'li-ness, n. p. 1176The state of being scaly; roughness.Scāl'ing-bār, n. p. 1176(Steam-boilers.) A rod for removing scale from heating surfaces.Seāl'ing-hăm'mer, n. p. 1176(Steam-boilers.) A hammer for removing scale from heating surfaces, as from the surface of a steam-boiler.Seāl'ing-lād'der, n. p. 1176A ladder made for enabling troops to scale a wall.Sea-līō'lā, n. p. 1176The same as SCAGLIOLA. See SCAGLIOLA.