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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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Scāre′fīre, n. p. 1177An alarm of fire. Halliwell. 2. A fire breaking out so as to frighten people.Scārf, n. p. 1177A piece of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck. Put on your hood and scarf. Swift. 2. (Ornith.) A…Scārf, v. t. p. 1177To throw loosely on; to put on like a scarf. 2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose vesture. Shak.Scārf, v. t. p. 1177To cut a scarf on, as for a joint in timber; to unite, as two pieces of timber, longitudinally by a scarf-joint; to table.Scārf, n. p. 1177(Carp.) (a.) The part cut away from each of two pieces of timber to be joined longitudinally, so that the corresponding ends may fit together in an even joint. (b.) The joint so formed. Scarf joint…Scārf'skīn, n. p. 1177(Anat.) The outer thin integument of the body; the cuticle; the epidermis. Cheyne.Scārf'weld, n. p. 1177See WELD.Scār'/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1177(Surg.) The operation of scarifying, especially with the cupping instrument.Scār'i-fi-cā'tor, n. p. 1177(Surg.) An instrument used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making a number of incisions at once.Scār'i-fi'er, n. p. 1177One who scarifies. 2. The instrument used for scarifying. 3. (Agric.) An implement for stirring and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface. You have your scarifiers to make the…Scăr'i-fy, v. t. p. 1177To scratch or cut the skin of; to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or cupping instrument, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein. 2. To stir the…Scā'ri-ōse' or Scā'ri-oūs, a. p. 1177(Bot.) Tough, thin, dry, and membranous.Scär'/la-tĭ'na, n. p. 1177(Med.) Scarlet fever. See SCARLET FEVER.Scar-lāt'i-noūs, a. p. 1177Of a scarlet color; pertaining to the scarlet fever.Scār'less, a. p. 1177Without scars; unwounded. “Safe and scarless yet remains my mind.” Drummond.Scār'let, n. p. 1177An orange-red color, of many tints, hues, and shades. 2. Cloth of a scarlet color. All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. xxxi. 21.Scār'let, a. p. 1177Of the color called scarlet; of an orange-red color; as, a scarlet cloth or thread; a scarlet lip. Scarlet bean (Bot.), a plant of the genus Phaseolus (P. multiflorus), having scarlet flowers…Scär'let, v. t. p. 1178To make bright-red; to redden. [R.] The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. Ford.Scär'mage or Scär'moge, n. p. 1178The same as SKIRMISH. See SKIRMISH. [Obs.] Spenser.Scärn, n. p. 1178Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.Scärn'-bee, n. p. 1178A beetle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Scärp, n. p. 1178A perpendicular, or nearly perpendicular, slope. 2. (Fort.) The interior slope of the ditch nearest the parapet. [See Illust. of Abatis.]Scärp, v. t. p. 1178To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch, a rock, or the like. “From scarped cliff and quarried stone.” Tennyson.Scärp, n. p. 1178(Her.) The scarf which military commanders wear for ornament, represented in an escutcheon by a band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.Scär'ry, a. p. 1178Bearing scars; pertaining to scars. 2. Resembling, or full of, precipices. [Prov. Eng.]Scä'rus, n. p. 1178(Ichth.) A genus of fishes; parrot-fish.Scā'ry, n. p. 1178Barren land having only a thin coat of grass upon it. [Prov. Eng.]Scăt, n. p. 1178A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Scăt, interj. p. 1178Go away; begone; away; — chiefly used in driving off a cat.Scătch, n. p. 1178A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; —called also scatch-mouth.Scätel'es, n. pl. p. 1178Stilts to put the feet in for walking in dirty places.Scāte, n. p. 1178The same as SKATE. See SKATE.Scăt'e-brōūs, a. p. 1178Abounding with springs. [Obs.]Scāth, n. p. 1178Damage; injury; waste; harm. And is that all, Said he, that thee so sore displeased hath? Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. Wherein…Scäth or Scäthe, v. t. p. 1178To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oak. Milton. There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving.Scāth'ful, a. p. 1178Injurious; harmful; destructive.Scäth'ful-ness, n. p. 1178Injuriousness; destructiveness.Scāth'less, a. p. 1178Without waste or damage. He, too, I warrant me, is to be dismissed scathless. W. Scott.Scäth'ly, a. p. 1178Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]Scät'ter, v. t. p. 1178To strow about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit here and there, in an open or thin order. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample…Scät'ter, v. i. p. 1178To be dispersed or dissipated; as, clouds scatter after a storm.Scät'ter-bräin, n. p. 1178A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]Scät'ter-brāined, a. p. 1178Giddy; thoughtless.Scăt'tered, p. a. p. 1178Dispersed; dissipated; thinly spread; sprinkled, or thinly spread over. 2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; without any apparent regular order: as, scattered branches.Scät'tered-ly, adv. p. 1178In a dispersed manner; separately. [Rare.]Scăt'ter-ing, p. a. p. 1178Not united; divided among many; as, scattering votes.Scăt'ter-ing, n. p. 1178Something scattered.Scăt'ter-ing-ly, adv. p. 1178In a scattered or dispersed manner; thinly; loosely; sparsely; as, habitations scatteringly placed over the country.Scat'ter-ling, n. p. 1178One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond. [Obs.] “Foreign scatterlings.” Spenser.Sca-tū'ri-ent, a. p. 1178Gushing forth; springing out; as, the scaturient water of a fountain. [Obs.]Scăt/ū-rĭg'i-nous, a. p. 1178Abounding with springs. [Obs.]Scaup, n. p. 1178Broken shell-fish. Willoughby. 2. (Ornith.) A species of poachard or diving-duck, which feeds on scaup, found in Europe and North America; the Fuligula marila;—called also scaup-duck.Scau'per, n. p. 1178A tool having a semicircular face, used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving, in the manner of a chisel. Fairholt.Scaur, n. p. 1178A precipitous bank or rock; a scar. See SCAR. “She is won; we are gone, over bank, bush and scaur; They’ll have fleet steeds that follow,” quoth young Lochinvar. W. Scott.Scăv'age, n. p. 1178(O. Eng. Law.) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant-strangers by mayors, sheriffs, &c., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Covell.Scăv'enge, v. t. p. 1178To cleanse from filth. C. Kingsley.Scäv'en-ger, n. p. 1178A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. Scavenger's daughter [corrupted from Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture…Scĕl'er-at, n. p. 1178A villain; a criminal. [Obs.]Sce-lĕs'tic, a. p. 1178Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] “Scelestic villainies.” Feltham.Scēl'i-do-thēre, n. p. 1178(Palæon.) A fossil quadruped of the genus Scelidotherium, related to the sloth, of which several South American species are known. Dana.