Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 31
Scry (v.) A flock of wild
fowl.
Scry (n.) A cry or shout. [Obs.] -- Ld. Berners.
Scry (v.) Divine by gazing into crystals
Scudded (imp. & p. p.) of Scud.
Scudding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scud.
Scud (v. i.) To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. -- I. Taylor.
The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. -- Beaconsfield.
Scud (v. i.) (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
Scud (v. t.) To pass over quickly. [R.] -- Shenstone.
Scud (n.) The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
Scud (n.) Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
Borne on the scud of the sea. -- Longfellow.
The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. --Sir S. Baker.
Scud (n.) A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Scud (n.) (Zool.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]
Scud (n.) (Zool.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
Scud (n.) The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scud, scudding].
Scud (v.) Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot].
Scud (v.) Run before a gale [syn: scud, rack].
Scuddle (v. i.) To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Scudi (n. pl. ) of Scudo.
Scudo (n.) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.
Scudo (n.) A gold coin of
Scuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Scuff.
Scuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuff.
Scuff (v. t.) To cause a blemish on the surface of, by scraping against an object; as, he scuffed his shoe on the ground.
Scuff (v. t.) To scrape with one's foot; as, he scuffed the chair leg with his shoe.
Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Scuff (n.) The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] -- Ld. Lytton.
Scuff (n.) A slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule, scuff].
Scuff (n.) The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet).
Scuff (v.) Walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag].
Scuff (v.) Get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed."
Scuff (v.) Mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes."
Scuff (v.) Poke at with the foot or toe.
Scuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Scuffle.
Scuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuffle.
Scuffle (v. i.) To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
Scuffle (v. i.) Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. -- Eikon Basilike.
Scuffle (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
Scuffle (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. -- L'Estrange.
Scuffle (n.) A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.]
Scuffle (n.) A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Scuffle (n.) Disorderly fighting [syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble].
Scuffle (n.) A hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling [syn: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe].
Scuffle (n.)An unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: scramble, scuffle].
Scuffle (v.) Walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: shuffle, scuffle, shamble].
Scuffle (v.) Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle" [syn: scuffle, tussle].
Scuffler (n.) One who scuffles.
Scuffler (n.) An agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.
Scug (v. i.) To hide. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Scug (n.) A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Sculk () Alt. of Sculker
Sculker () See Skulk, Skulker.
Scull (n.) (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]
Scull (n.) A shoal of fish. -- Milton.
Scull (n.) (Naut.) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler.
Scull (n.) (Naut.) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.
Scull (n.) (Naut.) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
Scull (n.) The common skua gull.
Sculled (imp. & p. p.) of Scull.
Sculling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scull.
Scull (v. t.) (Naut.) To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.
Scull (v. i.) To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
Scull (n.) A long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward.
Scull (n.) Each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman.
Scull (n.) A racing shell that is propelled by sculls.
Scull (v.) Propel with sculls; "scull the boat."
Sculler (n.) A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars. [R.] -- Dryden.
Sculler (n.) One who sculls.
Sculler (n.) Someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward).
Sculleries (n. pl. ) of Scullery.
Scullery (n.) A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
Scullery (n.) Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] -- Gauden. scullery
Scullery (n.) A small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done.
Scullion (n.) (Bot.) A scalion.
Scullion (n.) A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
The meanest scullion that followed his camp. -- South.
Scullion (n.) A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing).
Scullionly (a.) Like a scullion; base. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Sculp (v. t.) To sculpture; to carve; to engrave. [Obs. or Humorous.] -- Sandys.
Sculpin (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
Sculpin (n.) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.
Sculpin (n.) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura).
Note: The name is also applied to other related California species.
Deep-water sculpin, The sea raven.
Sculpin (n.) Any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths.
Sculptile (a.) Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Sculptor (n.) One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
Sculptor (n.) Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the bronze is cast.
Sculptor (n.) An artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker].
Sculptor (n.) A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus.
Sculptress (n.) A female sculptor.
Sculptress (n.) A woman sculptor.
Sculptural (a.) Of or pertaining to sculpture. -- G. Eliot.
Sculpture (n.) The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
Sculpture (n.) Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. -- Dryden.
Sculpture (n.) [ C or U ] (B1) 雕塑；雕刻；塑像；雕塑品；雕刻品 The art of forming solid objects that represent a thing, person, idea, etc. out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in this way.
// Tom teaches sculpture at the local art school.
// The museum has several life-sized sculptures of people and animals.
Sculptured (imp. & p. p.) of Sculpture.
Sculpturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sculpture.
Sculpture (v. t.) To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
Sculptured tortoise (Zool.), A common North American wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.
Sculpture (n.) A three-dimensional work of plastic art.
Sculpture (n.) Creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn: sculpture, carving].
Sculpture (v.) Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" [syn: sculpt, sculpture].
Sculpture (v.) Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" [syn: sculpt, sculpture, grave].
Sculpturesque (a.) After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.
Scum (n.) 浮渣，浮垢 [U] [S]；（治金）鐵渣，熔渣 [U] [S] The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
Some to remove the scum as it did rise. -- Spenser.
Scum (n.) Refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people. -- Addison.
Scummed (imp. & p. p.) of Scum.
Scumming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scum.
Scum (v. t.) 撇除（浮沫等） To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.
Scum (v. i.) 形成泡沫；蓋滿渣垢 To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
Scum (n.) (Dirt) [U] （液體上的）浮沫，浮渣，浮垢 A layer of unpleasant or unwanted material that has formed on the top of a liquid.
// The lake near the factory was covered with grey, foul-smelling scum.
Scum (n.) [C or U] (informal, plural, Scum); 人渣；敗類 A very bad or immoral person or group of people.
// People who organize dog fights are scum in my opinion!
// His boss treats him like scum (= very badly).
// Racist scum.
Scumber (v. i.) To void excrement. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Massinger.
Scumber (n.) Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Scumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Scumble.
Scumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scumble.
Scumble (v. t.) (Fine Arts) 將色彩弄淡 To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect.
Scumble (n.) 漸淡；漸淡畫法 The application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture.
Scumble (n.) The application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture.
Scumble (n.) An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint).
Scumble (v.) To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller.
Scumbling (n.) (Fine Arts) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing.
Scumbling (n.) (Fine Arts) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.
Scumbling (n.) The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.
Shining above the brown scumbling of leafless orchards. -- L. Wallace.
Scummer (v. i.) To scumber. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Scummer (n.) Excrement; scumber. [Obs.]
Scummer (n.) An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.
Scumming (n.) The act of taking off scum.
Scumming (n.) That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Scummy (a.) Covered with scum; of the nature of scum. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Scummy (a.) Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy].
Scummy (a.) Covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond."
Scunner (n.) 厭惡；招人厭惡之物 A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] -- Carlyle.
Scunner (v. t.) 【蘇格蘭】厭惡；對…反感 To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Scunner (v. i.) 【蘇格蘭】厭惡；憎惡；討厭；起反感 To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] -- C. Kingsley.
Scunner (n.) A strong dislike; "they took a scunner against the United States."
Scup (n.) A swing. [Local, U.S.]
Scup (n.) (Zool.) A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species ({Stenotomus Gardeni).
Scup (n.) Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
Scup (n.) Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: porgy, scup].
Scup (n.) Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America [syn: scup, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus].
Scup (n.) Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn: scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops].
Scuppaug (n.) (Zool.) See 2d Scup.
Scupper (n.) (Naut.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
Scupper hose (Naut.), A pipe of leather, canvas, etc., attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a vessel, to prevent the water from entering. -- Totten.
Scupper nail (Naut.), A nail with a very broad head, for securing the edge of the hose to the scupper.
Scupper plug (Naut.), A plug to stop a scupper. -- Totten.
Scupper (n.) Drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard.
Scupper (v.) Wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait].
Scupper (v.) Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril].
Scuppernong (n.) (Bot.) An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.
Scuppernong (n.) Amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States
Scur (v. i.) To move hastily; to scour.
Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.
Scurf (n.) Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.
Scurf (n.) Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.