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Scopula

A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.

Scopuliped

Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.

Scorbutical Scorbutic

Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms.

Scorch

To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.

Scorching

Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.

Score

To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.

Scorer

One who, or that which, scores.

Scoria

The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.

Scoriaceous

Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

Scorification

The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.

Scorifier

One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.

Scorify

To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.

Scorn

To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

Scorner

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.

Scornful

Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Scorny

Deserving scorn; paltry.

Scorodite

A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron.

Scorpaenoid

Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.

Scorpene

A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish (Scorpaena scrofa), and the California species (Scorpaena guttata).

Scorpion

Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

Scorpiones

A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Scorpionwort

A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.

Scorse

To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.

Scortatory

Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.

Scot

A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

Scot-free

Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.

Scotale Scotal

The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.

Scotch

A slight cut or incision; a score.

Scotching

Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.

Scotchman

A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.

Scoter

Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.

Scoth

To clothe or cover up.

Scotist

A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

Scotograph

An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing.

Scotomy

Dizziness with dimness of sight.

Scotoscope

An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.

Scots

Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).

Scottering

The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.

Scotticism

An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.

Scotticize

To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.

Scottish

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.

Scoundreldom

The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels.

Scoundrelism

The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.

Scour

Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.

Scourer

One who, or that which, scours.

Scourger

One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.

Scouse

A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse.

Scout

To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

Scovel

A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.

Scow

To transport in a scow.

Scowl

The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Scrabble

The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.

Scraber

The Manx shearwater. The black guillemot.

Scraffle

To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.

Scrag

To seize, pull, or twist the neck of; specif., to hang by the neck; to kill by hanging.

Scragged

Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.

Scragginess

The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness.

Scraggy

Rough with irregular points; scragged.

Scram

the rapid shut down of a nuclear reactor, as in an emergency.

Scramble

The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.

Scrambler

One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

Scrambling

Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.

Scranch

To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.

Scranny

Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.

Scrap

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Scrapbook

A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.

Scrape

The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.

Scrapepenny

One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.

Scraper

An instrument with which anything is scraped. An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it. An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc. An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.

Scraping

Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.

Scrapple

An article of food made by boiling together bits or scraps of meat, usually pork, and flour or Indian meal.

Scrappy

Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.

Scratch

Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.

Scratch hit

a base hit which was weakly batted, barely allowing the batter to reach first base safely.

Scratchback

A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.

Scratchbrush

A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

Scratcher

One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.

Scrawl

Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.

Scrawler

One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.

Scrawny

Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

Scray

A tern; the sea swallow.

Screak

A creaking; a screech; a shriek.

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