Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 26
Scoptic (a.) Alt. of Scoptical.
Scoptical (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing. [Obs.] -- South. -- Scop"tic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Scopulas (n. pl. ) of Scopula.
Scopulae (n. pl. ) of Scopula.
Scopula (n.) (Zool.) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web.
Scopula (n.) (Zool.) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
Scopuliped (n.) (Zool.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.
Scopulous (a.) Full of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]
Scorbute (n.) Scurvy. [Obs.] -- Purchas. Scorbutic
Scorbutic (a.) Alt. of Scorbutical.
Scorbutical (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- Scor*bu"tic*al*ly, adv.
Scorbutus (n.) (Med.) Scurvy.
Scorbutus (n.) A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) [syn: scurvy, scorbutus].
Scorce (n.) Barter. [Obs.] See Scorse.
Scorched (imp. & p. p.) of Scorch.
Scorching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scorch.
Scorch (v. t.) To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
Summer drouth or sing[`e]d air Never scorch thy tresses fair. -- Milton.
Scorch (v. t.) To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. -- Prior.
Scorch (v. t.) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. -- Rev. xvi. 8.
The fire that scorches me to death. -- Dryden.
Scorch (v. i.) To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. -- Mortimer.
Scorch (v. i.) To burn or be burnt.
He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. -- Hawthorne.
Scorch (v. i.) To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] -- Scorch"er, n. [Colloq.]
Scorch (n.) A surface burn [syn: scorch, singe].
Scorch (n.) A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues.
Scorch (n.) A discoloration caused by heat.
Scorch (v.) Make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside" [syn: sear, scorch].
Scorch (v.) Become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe].
Scorch (v.) Destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land."
Scorch (v.) Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch].
Scorch (v.) Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun".
Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
Scorching (a.) sufficiently hot to cause scorching. -- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n.
Scorching (adv.) Capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot."
Scorching (a.) Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat."
Score (n.) 得分，分數；二十，20點，方面,，理由,，根據 A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. -- Shak.
Score (n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
He parted well, and paid his score. -- Shak.
Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. -- Hudibras.
You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. -- Dryden.
Score (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
Amongst three or four score hogsheads. -- Shak.
At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores. -- Macaulay.
Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. -- Halliwell.
Score (n.) A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Score (n.) (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Score (n.) The grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.
In score (Mus.), Having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. -- Smart.
To quit scores, To settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation.
Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? -- South.
Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Score.
Scoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Score.
Score (v. t.) 獲得；得；記…的分數 To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
Let us score their backs. -- Shak.
A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand. -- M. Arnold.
Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
Score (v. t.) To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me ten. -- Swift.
Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. -- Shak.
Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] -- Spenser.
Score (v. t.) To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
Score (v. t.) (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
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Score (v. i.) 得分 To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.
Score (v. i.) To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.
Score (v. i.) To run up a score, or account of dues.
Score (v. i.) To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest. [slang].
Score (v. i.) To purchase drugs illegally. [slang].
Score (n.) A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: mark, grade, score].
Score (n.) A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata" [syn: score, musical score].
Score (n.) A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0."
Score (n.) A set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned".
Score (n.) Grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score, account].
Score (n.) The facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score."
Score (n.) An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later".
Score (n.) A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) [syn: score, scotch].
Score (n.) A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score, grievance].
Score (n.) The act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play".
Score (n.) A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang" [syn: sexual conquest, score].
Score (v.) Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up].
Score (v.) Make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark].
Score (v.) Make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark].
Score (v.) Write a musical score for.
Score (v.) Induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce, score, make].
Score (v.) Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200".
Score (v.) Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark].
Scorer (n.) One who, or that which, scores.
Scoriae (n. pl. ) of Scoria.
Scoria (n.) The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
Scoria (n.) Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
Scoriac (a.) Scoriaceous.
Scoriaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.
Scorie (n.) The young of any gull.
Scorification (n.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.
Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.
Scoriform (a.) In the form of scoria.
Scorified (imp. & p. p.) of Scorify.
Scorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scorify.
Scorify (v. t.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
Scorious (a.) Scoriaceous.
Scorn (n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
Scorn at first makes after love the more. -- Shak.
And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an aeon to be born. -- Emerson.
Scorn (n.) An act or expression of extreme contempt.
Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. -- Dryden.
Scorn (n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. -- Ps. xliv. 13.
To think scorn, To regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." -- Esther iii. 6.
To laugh to scorn, To deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.
Scorned (imp. & p. p.) of Scorn.
Scoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scorn.
Scorn (v. t.) To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. -- Shak.
This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. -- Milton.
We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. -- C. J. Smith.
Scorn (v. t.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. -- Chaucer.
To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. -- Shak.
Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.
Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. -- Shak.
Scorn (n.) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: contempt, disdain, scorn, despite]
Scorn (n.) open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: contempt, scorn].
Scorn (v.) Look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn, disdain].
Scorn (v.) Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down].
Scorner (n.) One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." --Spenser.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. -- Prov. iii. 34.
Scorner (n.) A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression [syn: sneerer, scorner].
Scornful (a.) Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. -- Prior.
Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. -- Shak.
Scornful (a.) Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.]
The scornful mark of every open eye. -- Shak.
Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent. -- Scorn"ful*ly, adv. -- Scorn"ful*ness, n.
Scornful (a.) Expressing extreme contempt [syn: contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful].
Scorny (a.) Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]
Scorodite (n.) (Min.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also skorodite.]
Scorpaenoid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.
Scorpaenoid (n.) Fishes having the head armored with bony plates [syn: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish].
Scorpene (n.) (Zool.) A marine food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish ({Scorpaena scrofa), and the California species ({Scorpaena guttata).
Scorper (n.) Same as Scauper.
Scorper (n.) A graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal [syn: scauper, scorper].
Scorpiones (n. pl. ) of Scorpio.
Scorpio (n.) (Zool.) A scorpion.
Scorpio (n.) (Astron.) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [[scorpio]] in almanacs.
Scorpio (n.) (Astron.) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.
Scorpio (n.) (Astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio [syn: Scorpio, Scorpion].
Scorpio (n.) A large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius [syn: Scorpius, Scorpio].
Scorpio (n.) The eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 [syn: Scorpio, Scorpio the Scorpion, Scorpion].
Scorpiodea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.
Scorpioid (a.) Alt. of Scorpioidal.
Scorpioidal (a.) Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.
Scorpion (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
Scorpion (n.) The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
Scorpion (n.) The scorpene.
Scorpion (n.) A painful scourge.
Scorpion (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.
Scorpion (n.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
Scorpiones (n. pl.) A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
Scorpionidea (n. pl.) Same as Scorpiones.
Scorpionwort (n.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.
Scorse (n.) Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs.]
And recompensed them with a better scorse. -- Spenser.
Scorse (v. t.) To barter or exchange. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Scorse (v. t.) To chase. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Scorse (v. i.) To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Scortatory (a.) Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.
Scot (n.) A name for a horse. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Scot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
Scot (n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
Scot and lot, formerly, A parish assessment laid on subjects according to their ability. [Eng.] -- Cowell. Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly.
Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along. -- Emerson. Scotal
Scot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland [syn: Scot, Scotsman, Scotchman].
Scotal (n.) Alt. of Scotale.
Scotale (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.
Scotch (a.) Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.
Scotch broom (Bot.), The Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), The bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
Scotch fiddle, The itch. [Low] -- Sir W. Scott.
Scotch mist, A coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), The sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
Scotch thistle (Bot.), A species of thistle ({Onopordon acanthium); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch.
Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
Scotch (n.) Collectively, the people of Scotland.
Scotched (imp. & p. p.) of Scotch.
Scotching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scotch.