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.

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

In a scrappy manner; in scraps.

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

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

An hermaphrodite.

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.

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

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

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

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

With the action of scratching.

Cleavers.

See Scratch coat.

Characterized by scratches.

A turf.

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

One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.

Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

A tern; the sea swallow.

Capable of being spit out.

A creaking; a screech; a shriek.

A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.

Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.

Uttering screams; shrieking.

A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky d/bris.

A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.

The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.

Like a screech; shrill and harsh.

A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

the process of examining or testing objects methodically to find those having desirable properties. See screen{3}.

The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

To use violent means in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.

A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

Eccentric; zany; crazy; as, screwball antics; a screwball comedy.

One who, or that which, screws.

a. n. from Screw, v. t.

Capable of being written, or of being written upon.

Skillful in, or fond of, writing.

A painter's pencil.

Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.

A scribble.

A scribbling machine.

The act of writing hastily or idly.

In a scribbling manner.

To make a mark.

A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.

The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ.

A screed; a shred; a fragment.

To wriggle.

A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.

A fencing master.

Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

A pinching miser; a niggard.

a. n. from Scrimp, v. t.

In a scrimping manner.

The state of being scrimp.

A small portion; a pittance; a little bit.

A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine.

To cringe.

A small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.

The contents of a scrip, or wallet.

A writing; a written document.

In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.

Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed.

Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.

The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures.

One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.

In a scriptural manner.

Quality of being scriptural.

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

A Scripturist.

One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.

Writing; document; scroll.

A screech.

A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.

One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.

Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles.

Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.

A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed.

A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).

Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula.

Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.

A stunted shrub, bush, or branch.

Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted.

A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.

Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.

A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.

Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.

Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.

Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.

A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.

The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.

To crowd; to squeeze.

A scroll.

A mean fellow; a wretch.

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.

a stunted or emaciated steer.

A baseboard; a mopboard.

Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.

A species of calciferous sandstone.

The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.

See Scrimmage.

Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.

To scranch; to crunch.

To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.

One who scruples.

A scrupler.

To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.

The quality or state of being scrupulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the fear of doing wrong or offending; nice regard to exactness and propriety; precision.

Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.

Search; scrutiny.

One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.

A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.

To make scrutiny.

One who scrutinizes.