Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SCATHFUL

SCATH'FUL, adjective Without waste or damage. [Little used.]

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SCATHLESS

SCATH'LESS, adjective Without waste or damage. [Little used.]

651

SCATTER

SCAT'TER, verb transitive [Latin scateo, discutio; Gr. to scatter to discuss. This word may be formed on the root of discutio. The primary sense is to drive or throw.]1. To disp...

652

SCATTERED

SCAT'TERED, participle passive1. Dispersed; dissipated; thinly spread; sprinkled or thinly spread over.2. In botany, irregular in position; without any apparent regular order; a...

653

SCATTEREDLY

SCAT'TEREDLY, adverb In a dispersed manner; separately. [Not much used.]

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SCATTERING

SCAT'TERING, participle present tense1. Dispersing; spreading thinly; sprinkling.2.adjective Not united; divided among many; as scattering votes.

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SCATTERINGLY

SCAT'TERINGLY, adverb Loosely; in a dispersed manner; thinly; as habitations scatteringly placed over the country.

656

SCATTERLING

SCAT'TERLING, noun A vagabond; one that no fixed habitation or residence. [Little used.]

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SCATURIENT

SCATU'RIENT, adjective [Latin scaturiens.] Springing, as the water of a fountain. [Not used.]

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SCATURIGINOUS

SCATURIG'INOUS, adjective [Latin scaturigo.] Abounding with springs. [Not used.]

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SCAUP

SCAUP, noun A fowl of the duck kind.

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SCAVAGE

SCAV'AGE, nounIn ancient customs, a toll or duty exacted of merchant-strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc. for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.

661

SCAVENGER

SCAV'ENGER, noun [Latin scabio.]A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping and carrying off the filth.

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SCELERAT

SCEL'ERAT, noun [Latin sceleratus.] a villain; a criminal. [Not in use.]

663

SCENE

SCENE, noun [Latin scena; Gr. Heb. The Greek word signifies a tent, hut or cottage. In Latin it is an arbor or stage. The primary sense is to set or throw down.]1. A stage; the ...

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SCENERY

SCE'NERY, noun The appearance of a place, or of the various objects presented to view; or the various objects themselves as seen together. Thus we may say, the scenery of the la...

665

SCENIC

SCEN'IC,SCEN'ICAL, adjective [Latin scenicus.] Pertaining to scenery; dramatic; theatrical.

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SCENICAL

SCEN'ICAL, a. [L. scenicus.] Pertaining to scenery; dramatic; theatrical.

667

SCENOGRAPHIC

SCENOGRAPH'IC,SCENOGRAPH'ICAL, adjective [See scenography.] Pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.

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SCENOGRAPHICAL

SCENOGRAPH'ICAL, a. [See scenography.] Pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.

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SCENOGRAPHICALLY

SCENOGRAPH'ICALLY, adverb In perspective.

670

SCENOGRAPHY

SCENOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. scene, to describel.]the representation of a body on a perspective plane; or a description of it in all its dimensions as it appears to the eye.

671

SCENT

SCENT, noun [Latin sentio, to perceive.]1. Odor; smell; that substance which issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; as the scent of an orange or an apple;...

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SCENTFUL

SCENT'FUL, adjective1. Odorous; yielding much smell.2. Of quick smell.

673

SCENTLESS

SCENT'LESS, adjective Inodorous; destitute of smell.

674

SCEPTER

SCEP'TER, noun [Latin sceptrum; Gr. from to send or thrust; coinciding with Latin scipio, that is, a shoot or rod.]1. A staff or batoon borne by kings on solemn occasions, as a ...

675

SCEPTERED

SCEP'TERED, adjective Bearing a scepter; as a sceptered prince.To Britain's queen the scepter'd suppliant bends.Gold-scepter'd Juno.