Webster's Dictionary 1913

1297

Scarce

Scarce (skârs), a. [Compar.Scarcer (skâr″sẽr); superl.Scarcest.] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and ...

1298

Scarce (2)

{ Scarce, Scarce″ly }, adv. 1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.With a scarce well-lighted flame. Milton.The eldest scarcely five year was of age. Chaucer.Slow...

1299

Scarcement

Scarce″ment (?), n.(Arch. & Engin.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

1300

Scarceness

{ Scarce″ness (?), Scar″ci‐ty (?) }, n. The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short ...

1301

Scard

Scard (?), n. A shard or fragment.

1302

Scare

Scare (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scaring.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., sc...

1303

Scare (2)

Scare, n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.

1304

Scarecrow

Scare″crow′ (?), n. 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. Dryden....

1305

Scarefire

Scare″fire′ (?), n. 1. An alarm of fire.2. A fire causing alarm. Fuller.

1306

Scarf

Scarf (skärf), n. [Icel. skarfr.] A cormorant.

1307

Scarf (2)

Scarf, n.; pl.Scarfs, rarely Scarves (skärvz). [Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. écharpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket...

1308

Scarf (3)

Scarf, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scarfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scarfing.] 1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. “My sea-gown scarfed about me.” Shak.2. To dress with a scarf, o...

1309

Scarf (4)

Scarf, v. t. [Sw. skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; cf. Dan. skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icel. skara to clinch the planks of a boat, G. scharben t...

1310

Scarf (5)

Scarf (?), n. (a) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than th...

1311

Scarfskin

Scarf″skin′ (?), n.(Anat.) See Epidermis.

1312

Scarification

Scar′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. scarificatio: cf. F. scarification.] The act of scarifying.

1313

Scarificator

Scar″i‐fi‐ca′tor (?), n. [Cf. F. scarificateur.] (Surg.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slig...

1314

Scarifier

Scar″i‐fi′er (?), n. 1. One who scarifies.2. (Surg.) The instrument used for scarifying.3. (Agric.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fres...

1315

Scarify

Scar″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scarified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scarifying (?).] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. � to scratch up, fr. � a pointed instrument.] ...

1316

Scariose

{ Sca″ri‐ose (?), Sca″ri‐ous (?) }, a. [F. scarieux, NL. scariosus. Cf. Scary.] (Bot.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green. Gray.

1317

Scarlatina

Scar′la‐ti″na (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. scarlatine. See Scarlet.] (Med.) Scarlet fever. — Scar′la‐ti″nal (#), a. — Scar‐lat″i‐nous (# or #), a.

1318

Scarless

Scar″less (?), a. Free from scar. Drummond.

1319

Scarlet

Scar″let (?), n. [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirlāt.] A deep ...

1320

Scarlet (2)

Scar″let, a. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.Scarlet admiral(Zoöl.), the red admiral. See under Red. — Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean (Phaseolus ...

1321

Scarlet (3)

Scar″let, v. t. To dye or tinge with scarlet.The ashy paleness of my cheekIs scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. Ford.

1322

Scarmage

{ Scar″mage (?), Scar″moge (?) }, n. A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.Such cruel game my scarmoges disarms. Spenser.

1323

Scarn

Scarn (?), n. [Icel. skarn; akin to AS. scearn. Cf. Shearn.] Dung. Ray.Scarn bee(Zoöl.), a dung beetle.