Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S

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Scrambled (imp. & p. p.) of Scramble.

Scrambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scramble.

Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. -- Milton.

Scramble (v. t.) To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. -- Marlowe.

Scramble (v. t.) To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.

Scramble (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.

Scramble (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.

Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and increases the scramble. -- Locke.

Scramble (n.) An unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: scramble, scuffle].

Scramble (n.) Rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: scamper, scramble, scurry].

Scramble (v.) To move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them."

Scramble (v.) Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter].

Scramble (v.) Bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, throw together].

Scramble (v.) Stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" [syn: beat, scramble].

Scramble (v.) Make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" [ant: unscramble].

Scrambler (n.) One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

Scrambler (n.) A greedy and unceremonious contestant.

Scrambler (n.) A rapid mover; someone who scrambles; "their quarterback was a good scrambler"; "scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player."

Scrambler (n.) A lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground [syn: trail bike, dirt bike, scrambler].

Scrambler (n.) Electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception.

Scrambling (a.) Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv.

A huge old scrambling bedroom. -- Sir W. Scott.

Scranched (imp. & p. p.) of Scranch.

Scranching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scranch.

Scranch (v. t.) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Scranch (v.) Make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle].

Scranky (a.) Thin; lean. [Scot.]

Scrannel (a.) Slight; thin; lean; poor.

Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. -- Milton.

Scranny (a.) Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Scrap (n.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

I have no materials -- not a scrap. -- De Quincey.

Scrap (n.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

Scrap (n.) pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.

Scrap (n.) pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.

Scrap forgings, Forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

Scrap iron. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also wrought-iron scrap.

Scrap iron. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also foundry scrap, or cast scrap.

Shrap, Shrape (n.) A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] [Obs.] -- Bp. Bedell.

Scrap (n.) A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap].

Scrap (n.) Worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish, trash, scrap].

Scrap (n.) A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left."

Scrap (n.) The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap].

Scrap (v.) Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" [syn: trash, junk, scrap].

Scrap (v.) Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate].

Scrap (v.) Make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts."

Scrap, () Something written at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa in the late 1970s. It ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer computers and was in use until the late 1980s. [But what was it?] (1994-12-15)

Scrapbook (n.) A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.

Scrapbook (n.) An album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted.

Scrap-book, (n.) A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect. One of these egotists was addressed in the lines following, by Agamemnon Melancthon Peters: Dear Frank, that scrap-book where you boast You keep a record true Of every kind of peppered roast That's made of you; Wherein you paste the printed gibes That revel round your name, Thinking the laughter of the scribes Attests your fame; Where all the pictures you arrange That comic pencils trace -- Your funny figure and your strange Semitic face -- Pray lend it me. Wit I have not, Nor art, but there I'll list The daily drubbings you'd have got Had God a fist.

Scraped (imp. & p. p.) of Scrape.

Scraping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrape.

Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.

Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. -- Ezek. xxvi. 4.

Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.

The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. -- Fuller.

Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. -- Macaulay.

To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. -- Farquhar.

He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. -- G. W. Cable.

Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.

Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich. "[Spend] their scraping fathers' gold." -- Shak.

Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

Scrape (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.

Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. -- H. Spencer.

Scrape (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.

The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. -- Bp. Warburton.

Scrape (n.) A harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching].

Scrape (n.) An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation].

Scrape (n.) A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [syn: scrape, scraping].

Scrape (n.) An indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar, mark].

Scrape (v.) Scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair" [syn: scrape, grate].

Scrape (v.) Make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone."

Scrape (v.) Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch, scrape, scratch up].

Scrape (v.) Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, kowtow, genuflect].

Scrape (v.) Gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up].

Scrape (v.) Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape].

Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.

Scraper (n.) An instrument with which anything is scraped. Specifically:

Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.

Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.

Scraper (n.) (Naut.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.

Scraper (n.) (Lithography) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.

Scraper (n.) One who scrapes. Specifically:

Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.

Scraper (n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.

Scraper (n.) Any of various hand tools for scraping.

Scraper, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma

Population (2000): 475

Housing Units (2000): 232

Land area (2000): 51.580451 sq. miles (133.592750 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 51.580451 sq. miles (133.592750 sq. km)

FIPS code: 66050

Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40

Location: 36.006715 N, 94.878217 W

ZIP Codes (1990):

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Headwords:

Scraper, OK

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Scraping (n.) The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

Scraping (n.) Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.

Scraping (a.) Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. -- Scrap"ing*ly, adv.

Scraping (n.) (Usually plural) A fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis".

Scraping (n.) A harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching].

Scraping (n.) A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him" [syn: scrape, scraping].

Scrappily (adv.) In a scrappy manner; in scraps. -- Mary Cowden Clarke.

Scrappily (adv.) In a bellicose contentious manner; "`Don't trespass onto my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively" [syn: combatively, scrappily].

Scrappy (a.) Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.

A dreadfully scrappy dinner. -- Thackeray.

Scrappy (a.) Full of fighting spirit; "a scrappy admiral."

Scrat (v. t.) To scratch. [Obs.] -- Burton.

Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to search. [Obs.] -- Mir. for Mag.

Scrat (n.) An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] -- Skinner.

Scratched (imp. & p. p.) of Scratch.

Scratching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scratch.

Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.

Scratch (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.

Scratch (v. t.) To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.

Scratch (v. t.) To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.

Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

Dull, tame things, . . . that will neither bite nor scratch. -- Dr. H. More.

Scratch (v. i.) (Billiards) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game. [Cant, U. S.]

Scratch (n.) A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.

The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. -- Moxon.

These nails with scratches deform my breast. -- Prior.

God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. -- Shak.

Scratch (n.) (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] -- Grose.

Scratch (n.) pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. -- Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser).

Scratch (n.) A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

Scratch (n.) (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.]

Scratch (n.) (Billiards) a shot which results in a penalty, such as dropping the cue ball in a pocket without hitting another ball.

Scratch (n.) In various sports, the line from which the start is made, except in the case of contestants receiving a distance handicap.

Scratch cradle. See Cratch cradle, under Cratch.

Scratch grass (Bot.), A climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles.

Scratch wig. Same as Scratch, 4, above. -- Thackeray.

start from scratch to start (again) from the very beginning; also, to start without resources.

Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards. [Slang]

Scratch race, One without restrictions regarding the entrance of competitors; also, one for which the competitors are chosen by lot.

Scratch (n.) An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation].

Scratch (n.) A depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent].

Scratch (n.) Informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum].

Scratch (n.) A competitor who has withdrawn from competition.

Scratch (n.) A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game [syn: start, starting line, scratch, scratch line].

Scratch (n.) Dry mash for poultry [syn: chicken feed, scratch].

Scratch (n.) A harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" [syn: scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching].

Scratch (n.) Poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl, cacography].

Scratch (n.) (Golf) A handicap of zero strokes; "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course."

Scratch (n.) An indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar, mark].

Scratch (v.) Cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch].

Scratch (v.) Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of [syn: scratch, scrape, scratch up].

Scratch (v.) Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!" [syn: rub, scratch, itch].

Scratch (v.) Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting-the chair is ill" [syn: cancel, call off, scratch, scrub].

Scratch (v.) Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise].

Scratch (v.) Gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up].

Scratch (v.) Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe].

Scratch, () [from scratchpad] (a.) Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; one that can be scribbled on without loss. Usually in the combining forms scratch memory, scratch register, scratch disk, scratch tape, scratch volume. See also scratch monkey.

Scratch, () [primarily IBM, also Commodore] vt. To delete (as in a file).

Scratch, () (From "scratchpad") Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; one that can be scribbled on without loss.

Usually in the combining forms "scratch memory", "scratch register", "scratch disk", "scratch tape", "scratch volume."