Webster's Dictionary 1913

1324

Scaroid

Sca″roid, a. [Scarus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Scaridæ, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes.

1325

Scarp

Scarp (?), n. [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

1326

Scarp (2)

Scarp, n. [Aphetic form of Escarp.] 1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.2. A steep descent or declivity.

1327

Scarp (3)

Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scarped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scarping.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.From scarped cliff and qua...

1328

Scarring

Scar″ring (?), n. A scar; a mark.We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall.

1329

Scarry

Scar″ry (?), a. Bearing scars or marks of wounds.

1330

Scarry (2)

Scar″ry, a. [See 4th Scar.] Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars. Holinshed.

1331

Scarus

‖Sca″rus (?), n. [L. See Scar a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; — called also parrot fish.

1332

Scary

Sca″ry (?), n. [Prov. E. scare scraggy.] Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

1333

Scary (2)

Scar″y (?), a. [From Scare.] 1. Subject to sudden alarm. Whittier.2. Causing fright; alarming.

1334

Scasely

Scase″ly (?), adv. Scarcely; hardly. Robynson (More's Utopia)

1335

Scat

Scat (skăt), interj. Go away; begone; away; — chiefly used in driving off a cat.

1336

Scat (2)

{ Scat, Scatt }, n. [Icel. skattr.] Tribute. “Seizing scatt and treasure.” Longfellow.

1337

Scat (3)

Scat, n. A shower of rain. Wright.

1338

Scatch

Scatch (?), n. [F. escache.] A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; — called also scatchmouth. Bailey.

1339

Scatches

Scatch″es (?), n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. échasses, fr. D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See Skate, for the foot.] Stilts.

1340

Scate

Scate (skāt), n. See Skate, for the foot.

1341

Scatebrous

Scat″e‐brous (?), a. [L. scatebra a gushing up of water, from scatere to bubble, gush.] Abounding with springs.

1342

Scath

Scath (skăth; 277), n. [Icel. skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. ...

1343

Scathe

{ Scathe (skāt͡h; 277), Scath (skăth; 277) }, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scathed (skāt͡hd or skătht); p. pr. & vb. n.Scathing (skāt͡h″ĭng or skăth″–).] [Icel. skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan...

1344

Scathful

Scath″ful (?), a. Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak.— Scath″ful‐ness, n.

1345

Scathless

Scath″less, a. Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.He, too,... is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott.

1346

Scathly

Scath″ly, a. Injurious; scathful.

1347

Scatter

Scat″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit...

1348

Scatter (2)

Scat″ter, v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.

1349

Scatter-brain

Scat″ter–brain′ (?), n. A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]

1350

Scatter-brained

Scat″ter–brained′ (?), a. Giddy; thoughtless.