Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SCAREFIRE

SCAREFIRE, noun A fire breaking out so as to frighten people. [Not used.]

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SCARF

SCARF, nounplural scarfsSomething that hangs loose upon the shoulders; as a piece of cloth.Put on your hood and scarfSC'ARF, verb transitive1. To throw loosely on.2. To dress in...

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SCARFSKIN

SC'ARFSKIN, noun [scarf and skin.] The cuticle; the epidermis; the outer thin integument of the body.

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SCARIFICATION

SCARIFICA'TION, noun [Latin scarificatio. See Scarify.]In surgery, the operation of making several incisions in the skin with a lancet or other cutting instrument, particularly ...

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SCARIFICATOR

SCARIFICA'TOR, noun An instrument used in scarification.

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SCARIFIER

SCAR'IFIER, noun [from scarify.]1. The person who scarifies.2. The instrument used for scarifying.

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SCARIFY

SCAR'IFY, verb transitive [Latin scarifico. Gr. Latin facio, to make. But the Greek is from a pointed instrument, or a sharp pointed piece of wood.]To scratch or cut the skin of...

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SCARIFYING

SCAR'IFYING, participle present tense Making small incisions in the skin with an instrument.

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SCARIOUS

SCA'RIOUS, adjective [Low Latin scarrosus, rough.] In botany, tough, thinSCA'RIOUS, adjective [Low Latin scarrosus, rough.] In botany, tough, thin and semi-transparent, dry and ...

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SCARLATINA

SCARLATI'NA, noun the scarlet fever; called in popular language, the canker rash.

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SCARLATINOUS

SCARLAT'INOUS, adjective Of a scarlet color; pertaining to the scarlet fever.

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SCARLET

SC'ARLET, noun1. A beautiful bright red color, brighter than crimson.2. Cloth of a scarlet color.All her household are clothed with scarlet Proverbs 31:21.SC'ARLET, adjective of...

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SCARLET-BEAN

SC'ARLET-BEAN, noun A plant; a red bean.

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SCARLET-FEVER

SC'ARLET-FE'VER, noun [scarlatina.] a disease in which the body is covered with an efflorescence or red color, first appearing about the neck and breast, and accompanied with a ...

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SCARLET-OAK

SC'ARLET-OAK, noun a species of oak, the Quercus coccifera, or kermes oak, producing small glandular excrescences, called kermes or scarlet grain.

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SCARMAGE

SC'ARMAGE,SC'ARMOGE, peculiar modes of spelling skirmish. [Not in use or local.]

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SCARMOGE

SC'ARMOGE, peculiar modes of spelling skirmish. [Not in use or local.]

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SCARN

SC'ARN, noun Dung. [Not in use or local.]

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SCARN-BEE

SC'ARN-BEE, noun a beetle. [Not in use or local.]

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SCARP

SC'ARP, nounIn fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch next the place, at the foot of the rampart.SC'ARP, noun In heraldry, the scarf which military commanders w...

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SCARUS

SCA'RUS, noun A fish. [See Scar.]

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SCARY

SCA'RY, noun Barren land having only a thin coat of grass upon it. [Local.]

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SCATCH

SCATCH, noun A kind of horsebit for bridles.

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SCATCHES

SCATCH'ES, nounplural Stilts to put the feet in for walking in dirty places.

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SCATE

SCATE, noun [This word may belong to the root of shoot, and Latin scateo.]A wooden shoe furnished with a steel plate for sliding on ice.SCATE, verb intransitive To slide or move...

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SCATEBROUS

SCA'TEBROUS, adjective [Latin scatebra, a spring; scateo, to overflow.] Abounding with springs.

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SCATH

SCATH, verb transitive To damage; to waste; to destroy. [Little used.]SCATH, noun Damage; injury; waste; harm. [Little used.]