Webster's Dictionary 1913

1351

Scattered

Scat″tered (?), a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.— Scat″tered‐ly, adv. — ...

1352

Scattergood

Scat″ter‐good′ (?), n. One who wastes; a spendthrift.

1353

Scattering

Scat″ter‐ing, a. Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.

1354

Scattering (2)

Scat″ter‐ing, n. Act of strewing about; something scattered. South.

1355

Scatteringly

Scat″ter‐ing‐ly, adv. In a scattering manner; dispersedly.

1356

Scatterling

Scat″ter‐ling (?), n. [Scatter + -ling.] One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond. “Foreign scatterlings.” Spenser.

1357

Scaturient

Sca‐tu″ri‐ent (?), a.[L. scaturiens, p. pr. of scaturire gush out, from scatere to bubble, gush.] Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.A pen so scaturient and unretentiv...

1358

Scaturiginous

Scat′u‐rig″i‐nous (?), a. [L. scaturiginosus, fr. scaturigo gushing water. See Scaturient.] Abounding with springs.

1359

Scaup

Scaup (ska̤p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.] 1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.2. (Zoöl.) A scaup duck. See below.Scaup duck(Zoöl.), any one of several speci...

1360

Scauper

Scaup″er (?), n. [Cf. Scalper.] A tool with a semicircular edge, — used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. Fairholt.

1361

Scaur

Scaur (?), n. A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.

1362

Scavage

Scav″age (?; 48), n. [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to look at, to inspect. See Show.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs,...

1363

Scavenge

Scav″enge (?), v. t. To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley.

1364

Scavenge (2)

Scav″enge (?), v. i.(Internal-combustion Engines) To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.

1365

Scavenge (3)

Scav″enge, v. t. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke.

1366

Scavenger

Scav″en‐ger (?), n. [OE. scavager an officer with various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage, Show, v.] A person whose employment is to c...

1367

Scavenging

Scav″eng‐ing (?), p. pr. & vb. n. of Scavenge. Hence, n.(Internal-combustion Engines) Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, ...

1368

Scazon

‖Sca″zon (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. σκάζων, fr. σκάζειν to limp.] (Lat. Pros.) A choliamb.

1369

Scelerat

Scel″er‐at (?), n. [F. scélérat from L. sceleratus, p. p. of scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a crime.] A villain; a criminal. Cheyne.

1370

Scelestic

Sce‐les″tic (?), a. [L. scelestus, from scelus wickedness.] Evil; wicked; atrocious. “Scelestic villainies.” Feltham.

1371

Scelet

Scel″et (?), n. [See Skeleton.] A mummy; a skeleton. Holland.

1372

Scena

‖Sce″na (?), n.(Mus.) (a) A scene in an opera. (b) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. Rockstro.

1373

Scenario

‖Sce‐na″ri‐o (?), n. A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

1374

Scenary

Scen″a‐ry (?), n. [Cf. L. scaenarius belonging to the stage.] Scenery. Dryden.

1375

Scene

Scene (?), n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. σκηνή a covered place, a tent, a stage.] 1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acti...

1376

Scene (2)

Scene, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. Abp. Sancroft.

1377

Sceneful

Scene″ful (?), a. Having much scenery.