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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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Scōun'drel, n. p. 1183A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a base villain; a man without honor or virtue. Go, if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood. Pope.Scoun'drel, a. p. 1183Low; base; mean; unprincipled.Scōun'drel-ism, n. p. 1183Baseness; turpitude; rascality. Cotgrave.Scour, v. t. p. 1183To rub hard with something rough, for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, &c., as articles of dress; to restore. 2. To purge…Scour, v. i. p. 1183To clean any thing by rubbing. Shak. 2. To clean; to cleanse. Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better. Bacon. 3. To be purged to excess. 4. To run with celerity; to rove or range; to…Scour'er, n. p. 1183One who, or that which, scours; a cleanser. 2. A drastic cathartic; a violent purgative. 3. One that runs with speed; a swift runner. 4. A rover, robber, or foot-pad. “In those days of highwaymen and…Scourge, n. p. 1183A lash; a strap or cord, especially one used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip. Up to coach then goes The inexorable maid, takes both the scourge and…Scour'ge, v. t. p. 1183To whip severely; to lash. Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman? Acts xxii. 25. 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict for sins or faults, and with the purpose of…Scour'ger, n. p. 1183One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely. The West must be the scourger of the world. Byron.Scōurse, v. t. p. 1183See SCORSE.Scout, n. p. 1183A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy; a spy. Scouts each coast light-arm'd scour, Each…Scout, v. t. p. 1183To spy out; to watch for; to observe closely. Take more men, And scout him round. B. Jonson. 2. To pass over or through, for the purpose of spying out; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country. 3. To…Scout, v. i. p. 1183To go on the business of watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. With obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night. Milton.Scōv'el, n. p. 1183A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin. Ainsworth.Scow, n. p. 1183(Naut.) A large, flat-bottomed boat. [Written also skow.]Scow, v. t. p. 1183To transport in a scow.Scowl, v. i. p. 1183To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry. She scowled and frowned with froward countenance. Spenser. 2. Hence, to look…Scowl, v. t. p. 1183To look at or repel with a scowl or frown. Milton.Scowl, n. p. 1183The wrinkling of the brows in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance. 2. Hence, gloom; dark or rude aspect. A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven’s…Scowl'ing-ly, adv. p. 1183In a scowling manner; with a wrinkled, frowning aspect; with a sullen look.Scrab'bed Eggs p. 1183A lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and mixed with a seasoning of butter, salt, and pepper. Halliwell.Scrăb'ble, v. t. p. 1183To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to claw along on the hands and knees; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. [Prov. Eng. Collog. U. S.] 2. To make irregular, crooked, or…Scrāb'ble, v. t. p. 1183To mark with irregular lines or letters; as, to scrabble paper.Scrab'ble, n. p. 1183The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble.Scräf'fle, v. i. p. 1183To scramble or struggle. Halliwell. 2. To be industrious. Brockett. 3. To shuffle; to use evasion. Grose.Scrāg, n. p. 1183Something thin or lean with roughness; a raw-boned piece; especially, a neck piece of meat; as, a scrag of mutton; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck. 2. A raw-boned person. [Vulgar.]…Scrāg'ged, a. p. 1183Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged back-bone. 2. Lean with roughness.Scrāg'ged-ness, n. p. 1183The state or quality of being scragged; leanness, or leanness with roughness; ruggedness; roughness occasioned by broken, irregular points.Scrāg'gi-ly, adv. p. 1183In a scraggy manner.Scrăg'gi-ness, n. p. 1183The state or quality of being scraggy; roughness; ruggedness.Scrāg'gy, a. p. 1183Rough with irregular points; scragged. “A scraggy rock.” Philips. 2. Lean and rough. “His sinewy, scraggy neck.” W. Scott.Scrăg'-nĕcked, a. p. 1183Having a long, thin neck.Scrăm'ble, v. i. p. 1183To go on all-fours; to clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff. 2. To struggle with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all-fours to seize…Scrăm'ble, v. t. p. 1183To mix and cook in a confused mass; as, to scramble eggs.Scram'ble, n. p. 1183The act of scrambling, climbing on all-fours, or clambering. 2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; low and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out. The scarcity of…Scrăm'bler, n. p. 1183One who scrambles; one who climbs on all-fours. 2. A greedy and unceremonious contestant.Scrăm'bling, p. a. p. 1183Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. “A huge old scrambling bedroom.” W. Scott.Scrăm'bling-ly, adv. p. 1183In a scrambling manner; awkwardly; unceremoniously.Scrânch, v. t. p. 1184To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.]Scrănk'y, a. p. 1184Thin; lean. [Scot.] Prof. Wilson.Scrān'nel, a. p. 1184Slight; thin; lean; poor; miserable. [Obs.] Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. Milton.Scrān'ny, a. p. 1184Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng.]Scrāp, n. p. 1184Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials—not a scrap. De Quincey. 2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or…Scräp'-bôok, n. p. 1184A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.Scrāpe, v. t. p. 1184To rub the surface of with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens or removes the surface; to grate harshly over; to roughen or remove the surface of by drawing a sharp…Scrâpe, v. i. p. 1184To rub over the surface of any thing with something which roughens or removes it; to rub harshly and noisily along. 2. Hence, to play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument. 3.…Scrāpe, n. p. 1184A rubbing over with something harsh that roughens or removes the surface; hence, the effect produced by rubbing, as of a scraping instrument, of the foot, &c.; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a…Scrā'per, n. p. 1184An instrument with which anything is scraped; as, (a.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes, &c., are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it. (b.) An instrument drawn by oxen…Scrāp'-fōr'ging, n. p. 1184See SCRAP-IRON.Scrā'p'ing, n. p. 1184Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping, raking, or rubbing; as, the scrapings of the street.Scrāp'ing-ly, adv. p. 1184In a scraping manner; by scraping.Scrāp'-ī/ron, n. p. 1184Waste cuttings and pieces of wrought iron;—usually called scrap. When piled, heated, and drawn into bars, they form scrap-forgings.Scrât, v. t. p. 1184To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.Scrât, v. i. p. 1184To rake; to search. [Obs.]Scrât, n. p. 1184An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner.Scrătch, v. t. p. 1184To rub and tear the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to roughen or wound slightly by a point or points, as by the nails, a pin, or the like. “A sort of small, sand-colored stones, so hard…Scrătch, v. i. p. 1184To use the claws in tearing or digging. “Dull, tame things, . . . that will neither bite nor scratch.” More.Scrătch, n. p. 1184A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with any thing pointed or ragged; a superficial wound or mark; a slight incision. Heaven forbid a shallow scratch should drive The…Scratch'-back, n. p. 1184A kind of plaything used at certain English fairs, which, when drawn quickly along the back of a person, makes a sound like that of tearing cloth, as if his coat were torn. Bulwer.Scrătch'-brŭsh, n. p. 1184A cylindrical bundle of fine steel or brass wires, bound tightly in the center, with the ends projecting on each side, so as to form a stiff brush for scratching and cleaning metals preparatory to…