Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SCRAG

SCRAG, noun [This word is formed from the root of rag, crag, Gr. rack.]Something thin or lean with roughness. A raw boned person is called a scrag but the word is vulgar.

866

SCRAGGED

SCRAG'GED,SCRAG'GEDNESS,SCRAG'GILY, adverb With leanness and roughness.

867

SCRAGGINESS

SCRAG'GINESS, noun Leanness, or leanness with roughness; ruggedness; roughness occasioned by broken irregular points.

868

SCRAGGY

SCRAG'GY, adjective [supra.]1. Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; as a scraggy hill; a scragged back bone.2. Lean with roughness.

869

SCRAMBLE

SCRAM'BLE, verb intransitive [It is not improbably that this word is corrupted from the root of scrape, scrabble.]1. To move or climb by seizing objects with the hand, and drawi...

870

SCRAMBLER

SCRAM'BLER, noun One who scrambles; one who climbs by the help of the hands.

871

SCRAMBLING

SCRAM'BLING, participle present tense1. Climbing by the help of the hands.2. Catching at eagerly and without ceremony.SCRAM'BLING, noun1. The act of climbing by the help of the ...

872

SCRANCH

SCR'ANCH, verb transitiveTo grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [This is in vulgar use in America.]

873

SCRANNEL

SCRAN'NEL, adjective Slight; poor.Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. [Not in use.]

874

SCRAP

SCRAP, noun [from scrape.]1. A small piece; properly something scraped off, but used for any thing cut off; a fragment; a crumb; as scraps of meat.2. A part; a detached piece; a...

875

SCRAPE

SCRAPE, verb transitive [Latin scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.]1. To rub the surface of any thing with a sharp or rough instrument, or with something hard; as, to scrap the flo...

876

SCRAPED

SCRA'PED, participle passive Rubbed on the surface with a sharp or rough instrument; cleaned by rubbing; cleared away by scraping.

877

SCRAPER

SCRA'PER, noun1. An instrument with which any thing is scraped; as a scraper for shoes.2. An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, and used for scraping earth in making or repairi...

878

SCRAPING

SCRA'PING, participle present tense Rubbing the surface with something sharp or hard; cleaning by a scraper; removing by rubbing; playing awkwardly on a violin.

879

SCRAT

SCRAT, verb transitive [formed on the root of Latin rado.] To scratch. [Not in use.]SCRAT, verb intransitive To rake; to search. [Not in use.]SCRAT, noun An hermaphrodite. [Not ...

880

SCRATCH

SCRATCH, verb transitive [Latin rado.]1. To rub and tear the surface of any thing with something sharp or ragged; as, to scratch the cheeks with the nails; to scratch the earth ...

881

SCRATCHED

SCRATCH'ED, participle passive Torn by the rubbing of something rough or pointed.

882

SCRATCHER

SCRATCH'ER, noun He or that which scratches.

883

SCRATCHES

SCRATCH'ES, nounplural Cracked ulcers on a horse's foot, just above the hoof.

884

SCRATCHING

SCRATCH'ING, participle present tense Rubbing with something pointed or rough; rubbing and tearing the surface.

885

SCRATCHINGLY

SCRATCH'INGLY, adverb With the action of scratching.

886

SCRAW

SCRAW, noun Surface; cut turf. [Not in use.]

887

SCRAWL

SCRAWL, verb transitive1. To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly.2. To write awkwardly.SCRAWL, verb intransitive1. To write unskillfully and inelegantly.Though with a golden ...

888

SCRAWLER

SCRAWL'ER, noun One who scrawls; a hasty or awkward writer.

889

SCRAY

SCRAY, noun A fowl called the sea swallow, of the genus Terna.

890

SCREABLE

SCRE'ABLE, adjective [Latin screabilis, from screo, to spit out.] That may be spit out. obsolete

891

SCREAK

SCREAK, verb intransitive [This word is only a different orthography of screech and shriek, but is not elegant.]To utter suddenly a sharp shrill sound or outcry; to scream; as i...