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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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Scūr'vil-y, adv. p. 1187In a scurvy manner; with coarse and vulgar incivility; basely; meanly. The clergy were never more learned, or so scurvily treated. Swift.Scūr'vī-ness, n. p. 1187The state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.Scūr'vy, n. p. 1187(Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots of various sizes, occasioned by extravasation of blood under the cuticle, paleness, languor, lassitude, and depression of spirits, general exhaustion…Scūr'vy, a. p. 1187Covered or affected by scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. 2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible; as, a scurvy fellow. “That scurvy custom of taking tobacco.”…Scūr'vy-grāss, n. p. 1187(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cochlearia; spoon-wort. It grows on rocks near the sea, has an acrid, bitter taste, and has its name from having been often used as a remedy for the scurvy. It was…Scūt, n. p. 1187The tail of a hare or other animal whose tail is short; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. “How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a scut.”…Scū'tage, n. p. 1187(Eng. Hist.) A tax or contribution levied upon those who held lands by knight service; originally, a composition for personal service which the tenant owed to his lord, but afterward levied as an…Scū'tate, a. p. 1187(Bot.) Having the form of an ancient round buckler; buckler-shaped. Loudon. 2. (Zoöl.) Protected by large scales, as a surface. Brande.Scūtch, v. t. p. 1187To beat or whip slightly. Halliwell. 2. To dress by beating and separating woody fiber from, as flax; to swingle. 3. (Cotton Manuf.) To beat and loosen the fiber of, as the filaments of cotton; to…Scŭtch, n. p. 1187A wooden instrument used in dressing flax and hemp. Simmonds.Scŭtch'eŏn, n. p. 1187An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield; a decorative appendage shaped like a shield. The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax-lights, black-hangings, and mutes. Macaulay. They tore…Scŭtch'er, n. p. 1187An implement for separating hemp or flax from the stalk; a scutch.Scŭte, n. p. 1187A small shield. [Obs.] Skelton. 2. A French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents. 3. (Zoöl.) A scale, as of a reptile.Scū'tel-late or Scū'tel-lā'ted, a. p. 1187Formed like a plate or salver; composed of plate-like surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. [Obs.] Woodward.Scu-tĕl'li-fôrm, a. p. 1188Scutellate.Scu-tĕl'lum, n. p. 1188(Bot.) A shield-like cup or disk in some lichens, containing the fructification. 2. (Entom.) A part of the thorax, sometimes invisible, and sometimes large, and covering the elytra and the abdomen.Scū'ti-brăn'chi-an or Scū'ti-brăn'chi-ate, n. p. 1188(Zoöl.) A scutibranchiate mollusk.Scū'ti-brăn'chi-ate, a. p. 1188(Zoöl.) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell; as, the scutibranchiate mollusks. Dana.Scu-tif'er-oüs, a. p. 1188Carrying a shield or buckler.Scū'ti-fōrm, a. p. 1188Having the form of a buckler or shield.Scu'ti-ger, n. p. 1188(Zoöl.) One of a genus of unequal-legged chilopods which frequent buildings in the south of Europe, and prey upon insects, wood-lice, and the like. Brande.Scū'ti-pēd, n. p. 1188(Ornith.) One of a family of birds which have the anterior part of the legs covered with segments of horny rings, terminating on each side in a groove. Brande.Scŭt'tle, n. p. 1188A broad, shallow basket. 2. Specifically, a wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal.Scūt'tle, n. p. 1188A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid; specifically, (a.) (Naut.) A small opening in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it…Scūt'tle, n. p. 1188A quick pace; a short run. Spectator.Scūt'tle, v. i. p. 1188To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. W. Scott.Scŭt'tle, v. t. p. 1188To cut large holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of, as a ship, for any purpose. 2. To sink, as a ship, by making holes through the bottom; as, to scuttle a ship.Scūt'tle-bŭtt or Scūt'tle-cāsk, n. p. 1188(Naut.) A butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. Mar. Dict.Scūt'tle-fish, n. p. 1188(Ichth.) The cuttle-fish. See CUTTLE-FISH.Scū'tum, n. p. 1188(Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wicker-work covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim, carried chiefly by the heavy infantry. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) A pent-house or awning. [Obs.]…Scȳle, v. t. p. 1188To hide; to secrete; to conceal. [Obs.]Scyl-læ'a, n. p. 1188(Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, having no shell, and with tree-like gills placed on fin-like processes on the edge of the back. Baird.Scyl-lā'ri-an, n. p. 1188(Zool.) One of a tribe of macrourous decapod crustaceans, remarkable for the singular conformation of their external antennæ. Eng. Cyc.Scȳm'e-tar, n. p. 1188See CIMITER.Scȳ'phus, n. p. 1188(Bot.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. 2. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking-cup used by the lower orders among the Etrurians and Greeks. Fairholt.Scyt'a-le, n. p. 1188(Zoöl.) A genus of very poisonous snakes, having a stout, cylindrical body, and poison fangs similar to those of the rattlesnake. Baird.Scythe, n. p. 1188(A.-S. sidhe, for sigdhe, Icel. sigdh, Fries. sid, sied, O. L. Ger. segd, seged, L. Ger. seise, seesze, D. zeis, zeisen, O. H. Ger. segansa, seginsa, M. H. Ger. segense, segese, seinse, N. H. Ger.…Scythe, v. t. p. 1188To mow. [Obs.] Time had not scythe'd all that youth begun. Shak.Scythed, a. p. 1188Armed or furnished with scythes, as a chariot. Chariots, scythed, on thundering axles rolled. Glover.Scythe'man, n. p. 1188One who uses a scythe; a mower.Scythe'-stōne, n. p. 1188A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone; a rifle.Scyth'i-an, a. p. 1188(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Scythia, a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia.Scŷth'i-an, n. p. 1188(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Scythia. 2. The language of the Scythians.Sdāin, n. p. 1188Disdain. [Obs.]Sdāin or Sdeign, v. t. p. 1188To disdain. [Obs.] Spenser.Sdain'ful or Sdeign'ful, a. p. 1188Disdainful. [Obs.] Spenser.Sea, n. p. 1188One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a collection of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a…Sēa'-ăd'der, n. p. 1188(Ichth.) A fish of the British seas, of an elongated and slender form, with fifteen short dorsal spines, and the entire lateral line covered with carinated scales; Gasterosteus spinachia.Sēa'-a-nēm'o-ne, n. p. 1188(Zoöl.) A kind of polyp resembling a flower; — a popular name of the Actinia. Dana.Sēa'-āpe, n. p. 1188(Ichth.) The sea-fox or fox-shark. See SEA-FOX. 2. The otter; — so called from its gambols.Sēa'-bānk, n. p. 1188The sea-shore. Shak. 2. A bank or mole to defend against the sea.Sēa'-bār, n. p. 1188The sea-swallow. Johnson.Sēa'-bār'/rōw, n. p. 1188The egg-case of certain fishes, as the skate or thornback, which is often thrown upon the shore; — called also sea-pincushion.Sēa'-bāt, n. p. 1188A sort of flying fish. Cotgrave.Sēa'-bēach, n. p. 1188A beach lying along the sea; a beach. “The black sea-beach.” Longfellow.Sēa'-bēar, n. p. 1188(Zoöl.) (a.) An animal of the bear kind that frequents the sea; the white or polar bear. (b.) One of several species of the seal family, as the ursine seals, of the genus Arctocephalus, especially A.…Sēa'-bēard, n. p. 1188(Bot.) A sea-weed (Cladophora [or Conferva] rupestris), growing in dense tufts.Sēa'-bēast, n. p. 1188A monstrous marine animal.Sēa'-blūb'ber, n. p. 1188A certain marine insect.Sēa'-bōard, a. p. 1188Bordering upon the sea.