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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Scenȧ, n. p. 1178A scene or portion of an opera.Sçēn'a-ry, n. p. 1178Scenery. [Obs.] Dryden.Sçēne, n. p. 1178The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; stage. 2. The decorations and fittings of a stage…Sçēne, v. t. p. 1178To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]Sçēne'ful, a. p. 1178Having much of scenery or imagery.Sçēne'-măn, n. p. 1178The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.Sçēne'-pāint'er, n. p. 1178One who makes it his employment to paint scenes for theaters.Sçēn'er-y, n. p. 1178Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action is laid; representation of place of action or…Scēne'-shift'er, n. p. 1178One who moves the scenes, &c., in a theater; a scene-man.Sçĕn'ic or Sçēn'ic or Sçĕn'ic-al, a. p. 1178Pertaining to, or of the nature of, scenery; theatrical. All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.Sçĕn'o-grăph'ic or Sçĕn'o-grăph'ic-al, a. p. 1178Pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.Sçĕn'o-grăph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1178In a scenographic manner; in perspective.Sçe-nŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1178The representation of a body on a perspective plane; or a description of it, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.Sçĕnt, v. t. p. 1178To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound. Methinks I scent the morning air. Shak. 2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume; as, to scent snuff.Sçĕnt, v. i. p. 1178To have a smell. [Obs.] Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland. 2. To hunt or track animals by means of the sense of smell.Sçĕnt, n. p. 1178That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange; the scent of musk. “With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial.” Prior. 2. The power…Sçĕnt'ful, a. p. 1178Full of scent or odor; odorous. “A scentful nosegay.” Browne. 2. Of quick or keen smell. “The scentful osprey.” Browne.Sçĕnt'less, a. p. 1178Having no scent; inodorous; destitute of smell. “The scentless and the scented rose.” Cowper.Sçĕp'sis, n. p. 1178Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [Rare.] Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant. James Martineau.Sçĕp'ter or Sçĕp'tre, n. p. 1178A staff or baton borne by kings on solemn occasions, as a badge of authority; a royal mace. And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Esther v. 2. 2. Hence, royal power…Sçĕp'ter or Sçĕp'tre, v. t. p. 1178To invest with royal authority, or with the ensign of authority. To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. Tickell.Sçĕp'ter-less or Sçĕp'tre-less, a. p. 1178Having no scepter.Scĕp'tic, n. p. 1178See SKEPTIC; and for SCEPTICAL, SCEPTICISM, &c., see SKEPTICAL, SKEPTICISM, &c.Sçẽrn, v. t. p. 1178To discern; to perceive. [Obs.]Sçhäal'steīn, n. p. 1178(Min.) The same as TABULAR SPAR. See TABULAR. Dana.Sçhah, n. p. 1178The same as SHAH. See SHAH.Schē'di-ăsm, n. p. 1178Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [Rare.]Schĕd'ūle, n. p. 1178A written or printed scroll of paper; a document; especially, an official or formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, deed, lease, &c. ☞ In England…Scheele's Green p. 1179A pigment of a vivid light-green color, prepared from arseniate of copper; emerald-green. Fairholt.