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 shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.

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).

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.

Closely examining, or inquiring; careful; strict.

To scrutinize.

A escritoire; a writing desk.

To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise.

A cry or shout.

The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.

To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same. A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.

To cause a blemish on the surface of, by scraping against an object; as, he scuffed his shoe on the ground.

A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.

One who scuffles.

A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill.

To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.

A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars.

A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.

A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.

Like a scullion; base.

To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.

Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa. The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lyra).

Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images.

One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

A female sculptor.

Of or pertaining to sculpture.

To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.