Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SCRUTINOUS

SCRU'TINOUS, adjective Closely inquiring or examining; captious.

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SCRUTINY

SCRU'TINY, noun [Latin scrutinium, from scrutor, to search closely, to pry into.]1. Close search; minute inquiry; critical examinatiion; as a scrutiny of votes; narrowerscrutiny...

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SCRUTOIR

SCRUTO'IR, noun A kind of desk, case of drawers or cabinet, with a lid opening downward for the convenience of writing on it.

949

SCRUZE

SCRUZE, verb transitive To crowd; to squeeze.

950

SCUD

SCUD, verb intransitive1. In a gereral sense, to be driven or to flee or fly with haste. In seamen's language, to be driven with precipitation before a tempest. This is done wit...

951

SCUDDING

SCUD'DING, participle present tense Driving or being driven before a tempest; running with fleetness.

952

SCUDDLE

SCUD'DLE, verb intransitive. To run with a kind of affected haste; commonly pronounced scuttle.

953

SCUFFLE

SCUF'FLE, noun [This is a different orthography of shuffle; from shove, or its root.]1. A contention or trial of strength between two persons, who embrace each other's bodies; a...

954

SCUFFLER

SCUF'FLER, noun One who scuffles.

955

SCUFFLING

SCUF'FLING, participle present tense Striving for superiority with close embrace; struggling for contending without order.

956

SCUG

SCUG, verb transitive To hide.

957

SCULK

SCULK, verb intransitive To retire into a close or covered place for concealment; to lurl; to lie close from shame, fear of injury or detection.No news of Phyl! the bridegroom c...

958

SCULKER

SCULK'ER, noun A lurker; one that lies close for hiding.

959

SCULKING

SCULK'ING, participle present tense Withdrawing into a close or covered place for concealment; lying close.

960

SCULL

SCULL, noun1. The brain pan.2. A boat; a cock boat.3. One who scull a boat. But properly.4. A short oar, whose loom is only equal in length to half the breadth of the boat to be...

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SCULLCAP

SCULL'CAP [See Skull-cap.]

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SCULLER

SCULL'ER, noun1. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls or short oars.2. One that sculls, or rows with sculls; one that impels a boat by an oar over the stern.

963

SCULLERY

SCULL'ERY, noun [probably from the root of shell, scale, G. schale, a scale, a shell, a dish or cup. Skulls and shells were the cups, bowls and siches or rude men.] A place wher...

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SCULLION

SCULL'ION, noun A servant taht cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.

965

SCULLIONLY

SCULL'IONLY, adjective Like a scullion; base; low; mean.

966

SCULP

SCULP, verb transitive [L. sculpo, scalpo.] To carve; to engrave.

967

SCULPTILE

SCULP'TILE, adjective [L. sculptilis,] Formed by carving; as sculptile images.

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SCULPTOR

SCULP'TOR, noun [L. See Sculp.] One whose occupation is to carve wood or stone int images; a carver.

969

SCULPTURE

SCULP'TURE, noun [L. sculptura.]1. The art of carving, cutting or hewing wood or stone into images of men, beasts or other things. Sculpture is a generic term, including carving...

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SCULPTURED

SCULP'TURED, participle passive Carved; engraved; as a sculptured vase; sculptured marble.

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SCULPTURING

SCULP'TURING, participle present tense Carving; engraving.

972

SCUM

SCUM, noun1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquors in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means. The word is also a...