Webster's Dictionary 1913

2080

Scurvy (2)

Scur″vy, n. [Probably from the same source as scorbute, but influenced by scurf, scurfy, scurvy, adj.; cf. D. scheurbuik scurvy, G. scharbock, LL. scorbutus. Cf. Scorbute.] (Med...

2081

Scut

Scut (?), n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. √ 159.] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, esp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal ...

2082

Scuta

‖Scu″ta (?), n. pl. See Scutum.

2083

Scutage

Scu″tage (?; 48), n. [LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a shield.] (Eng. Hist.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.

2084

Scutal

Scu″tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a shield.A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans.

2085

Scutate

Scu″tate (?), a. [L. scutatus armed with a shield, from scutum a shield.] 1. Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.2. (Zoöl.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or la...

2086

Scutch

Scutch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scutching.] [See Scotch to cut slightly.] 1. To beat or whip; to drub.2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp...

2087

Scutch (2)

Scutch, n. 1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. “The smoke of the burning scutch.” Cuthbert Bede.

2088

Scutch grass

Scutch″ grass′ (?). (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.

2089

Scutcheon

Scutch″eon (?), n. [Aphetic form of escutcheon.] 1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. Bacon.The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangin...

2090

Scutcheoned

Scutch″eoned (?), a. Emblazoned on or as a shield.Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old. Lowell.

2091

Scutcher

Scutch″er (?), n. 1. One who scutches.2. An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton, etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.

2092

Scute

Scute (?), n. [L. scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo.] 1. A small shield. Skelton.2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.3. (Zoöl.) A ...

2093

Scutella

‖Scu‐tel″la (?), n. pl. See Scutellum.

2094

Scutella (2)

‖Scu‐tel″la, n.; pl.Scutellæ (#). [NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum.] (Zoöl.) See Scutellum, n., 2.

2095

Scutellate

{ Scu″tel‐late (?), Scu″tel‐la′ted (?) }, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.] 1. (Zoöl.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, th...

2096

Scutellation

Scu′tel‐la″tion (?), n.(Zoöl.) The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.

2097

Scutelliform

Scu‐tel″li‐form (?), a. [L. scutella a dish + -form.] 1. Scutellate.2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum.

2098

Scutelliplantar

Scu‐tel′li‐plan″tar (?), a. [L. scutellus a shield + planta foot.] (Zoöl.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; — said of c...

2099

Scutellum

‖Scu‐tel″lum (?), n.; pl.Scutella (#). [NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield.] 1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructific...

2100

Scutibranch

Scu″ti‐branch (?), a.(Zoöl.) Scutibranchiate. — n. One of the Scutibranchiata.

2101

Scutibranchia

‖Scu′ti‐bran″chi‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Scutibranchiata.

2102

Scutibranchian

Scu′ti‐bran″chi‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Scutibranchiata.

2103

Scutibranchiata

‖Scu′ti‐bran′chi‐a″ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Scutum, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be eit...

2104

Scutibranchiate

Scu′ti‐bran″chi‐ate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. — n. One of the Scutibranchiata.

2105

Scutiferous

Scu‐tif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. scutum shield + -ferous.] Carrying a shield or buckler.

2106

Scutiform

Scu″ti‐form (?), a. [L. scutum shield + -form: cf. F. scutiforme.] Shield-shaped; scutate.