Webster's Dictionary 1913

1135

Scabby

Scab″by (?), a. [Compar.Scabbier (�); superl.Scabbiest.] 1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. Swift.

1136

Scabies

‖Sca″bi‐es (?), n.(Med.) The itch.

1137

Scabious

Sca″bi‐ous (?), a. [L. scabiosus, from scabies the scab: cf. F. scabieux.] Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions. Arbuthnot.

1138

Scabious (2)

Sca″bi‐ous, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositæ, an...

1139

Scabling

Scab″ling (?), n. [See Scapple.] A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]

1140

Scabredity

Sca‐bred″i‐ty (?), n. [L. scabredo, fr. scaber rough.] Roughness; ruggedness. Burton.

1141

Scabrous

Sca″brous (?), a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F. scabreux.] 1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. Arbu...

1142

Scabrousness

Sca″brous‐ness, n. The quality of being scabrous.

1143

Scabwort

Scab″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) Elecampane.

1144

Scad

Scad (?), n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is a...

1145

Scaffold

Scaf″fold (?), n. [OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. échafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque.] 1. A te...

1146

Scaffold (2)

Scaf″fold, v. t. To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

1147

Scaffoldage

Scaf″fold‐age (?), n. A scaffold. Shak.

1148

Scaffolding

Scaf″fold‐ing, n. 1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body. Pope.2. Materials for building scaffolds.

1149

Scaglia

Scagl″ia (?), n. [It. scaglia a scale, a shell, a chip of marble.] A reddish variety of limestone.

1150

Scagliola

Scagl‐io″la (?), n. [It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia.] An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mi...

1151

Scala

‖Sca″la (?), n.; pl.Scalæ (#). 1. (Surg.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.2. (Anat.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the co...

1152

Scalable

Scal″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being scaled.

1153

Scalade

{ Sca‐lade″ (?), Sca‐la″do (?) }, n.(Mil.) See Escalade. Fairfax.

1154

Scalar

Sca″lar (?), n.(Math.) In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; — distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.

1155

Scalaria

‖Sca‐la″ri‐a (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded wh...

1156

Scalariform

Sca‐lar″i‐form (?), a. [L. scalare, scalaria, staircase, ladder + -form: cf. F. scalariforme.] 1. Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings l...

1157

Scalary

Sca″la‐ry (?), a. [L. scalaris, fr. scalae, pl. scala, staircase, ladder.] Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. Sir T. Browne.

1158

Scalawag

Scal″a‐wag (?), n. A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] Bartlett.

1159

Scald

Scald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n.Scalding.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and...

1160

Scald (2)

Scald, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.

1161

Scald (3)

Scald, a. [For scalled. See Scall.] 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. Shak.2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. Shak.Scald crow(Zoöl.), the hooded crow. — Scald head(Med.), a ...