Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 32
Scurf (n.) (Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. -- Gray.
Scurf (n.) (Botany) A covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts.
Scurf (n.) A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation].
Scurff (n.) The bull trout. [Prov. Eng.]
Scurfiness (n.) Quality or state of being scurfy.
Scurfiness (n.) (Bot.) Scurf.
Scurfy (a.) Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.
Scurfy (a.) Having or producing or covered with scurf.
Scurfy (a.) Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy].
Scurrier (n.) One who scurries.
Scurrile (a.) Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.
The wretched affectation of scurrile laughter. -- Cowley.
A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court of Charles than your father's ancient name. -- Sir W. Scott.
Scurrility (n.) 說話刻薄；下流 The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.
Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. -- Shak.
Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Scurrilousness; abuse; insolence; vulgarity; indecency.
Scurrility (n.) Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse [syn: scurrility, billingsgate].
Scurrilous (a.) 說話粗鄙惡劣的，嘴損的，下流的 Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.
Scurrilous (a.) Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language.
The absurd and scurrilous sermon which had very unwisely been honored with impeachment. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Opprobrious; abusive; reproachful; insulting; insolent; offensive; gross; vile; vulgar; low; foul; foul-mouthed; indecent; scurrile; mean. -- Scur"ril*ous*ly, adv. -- Scur"ril*ous*ness, n.
Scurrilous (a.) Expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive}, {opprobrious}, {scurrilous}].
Scurrit (n.) (Zool.) The lesser tern ({Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.]
Scurry (v. i.) (v. i.) 急匆匆地跑；急趕 [Q] ；(v. t.) 使急趕 To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
Scurry (n.) 急促奔跑（聲）[U][the S]；短距離賽跑（或賽馬）[C] Act of scurring; hurried movement.
Scurry (n.) Rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: scamper, scramble, scurry].
Scurry (v.) To move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle].
Scurry -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 16361
Housing Units (2000): 7112
Land area (2000): 902.498379 sq. miles (2337.459972 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.034163 sq. miles (13.038421 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 907.532542 sq. miles (2350.498393 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.691737 N, 100.964154 W
Headwords:
Scurry
Scurry, TX
Scurry County
Scurry County, TX
Scurvily (adv.) In a scurvy manner.
Scurvily (adv.) In a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly, scurvily, basely].
Scurviness (n.) The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
Scurvy (a.) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. "Whatsoever man . . . be scurvy or scabbed." -- Lev. xxi. 18, 20.
Scurvy (a.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. "A scurvy trick." -- Ld. Lytton.
That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. -- Swift.
[He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms. -- Shak.
Scurvy (n.) (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
Scurvy grass (Bot.) A kind of cress ({Cochlearia officinalis) growing along the seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions. It is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. The name is given also to other allied species of plants.
Scurvy (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].
Scurvy (n.) A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) [syn: scurvy, scorbutus].
Scut (n.) [Obs.] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. "He ran like a scut." -- Skelton.
How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a scut. -- Sir T. Browne.
My doe with the black scut. -- Shak.
Scut (n.) A short erect tail.
Scuta (n. pl.) See Scutum.
Scutum (n.; pl.) Scuta. [L.]
(Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather,
with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed
infantry.
Scutum (n.; pl.) Scuta. (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning.
[Obs.] -- Burrill.
Scutum (n.; pl.) Scuta. (Zool.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.
Scutum (n.; pl.) Scuta. (Zool.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
Scutage (n.) (Eng. Hist.)【史】兵役免除稅 Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Compare: Tallage, Talliage
Tallage, Talliage (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also tailage, taillage.]
Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. -- Blackstone.
Compare: Escuage
Escuage (n.) (Feud. Law) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by whi tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage. -- Blackstone.
Scutage, () Old Eng. law. The name of a tax or contribution raised for the use of the king's armies by those who held lands by knight's service.
Scutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a shield.
A good example of these scutal monstrosities. -- Cussans.
Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Scutate (a.) (Zool.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.
Scutched (imp. & p. p.) of Scutch
Scutching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scutch
Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub. [Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
Scutch (v. t.) To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
Scutching machine, A machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; -- called also batting machine.
Scutch (n.) A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
Scutch (n.) The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." -- Cuthbert Bede.
Scutcheon (n.) An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. -- Bacon.
The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. -- Macaulay.
Scutcheon (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
Scutcheon (n.) A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers [syn: finger plate, escutcheon, scutcheon].
Scutcheon (n.) A shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms [syn: escutcheon, scutcheon].
Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.
Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old. -- Lowell.
Scutcher (n.) One who scutches.
Scutcher (n.) An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.
Scutch grass, () (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Bermuda grass, () (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon) Esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.
Scutch grass (n.) Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India [syn: Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, star grass, Cynodon dactylon].
Scute (n.) A small shield. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Scute (n.) An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
Scute (n.) (Zool.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
Scute (n.) Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake.
Scutella (n. pl.) See Scutellum.
Scutellum (n.; pl.) Scutella. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
Scutellum (n.; pl.) Scutella. (Zool.) (a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.
Scutellum (n.; pl.) Scutella. (Zool.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
Scutelle (n. pl. ) of Scutella
Scutella (n.) (Zool.) See Scutellum, n., 2.
Scutellate (a.) Alt. of Scutellated
Scutellated (a.) (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. --Woodward.
Scutellated (a.) [See Scutellum.] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
Scutellation (n.) (Zool.) The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
Scutelliform (a.) Scutellate.
Scutelliform (a.) (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum.
Scutelliplantar (a.) (Zool.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
Scutella (n. pl. ) of Scutellum
Scutellum (n.) (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
Scutellum (n.) (Zool.) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax.
Scutellum (n.) (Zool.) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
Scutella (n. pl.) See Scutellum.
Scutella (n.; pl.) Scutellae. (Zool.) See Scutellum, n., 2. Scutellate
Scutibranch (a.) (Zool.) Scutibranchiate. -- n. One of the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranch (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchiata (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.
Note: It is now usually regarded as including only the Rhipidoglossa and the Docoglossa. When originally established, it included a heterogenous group of mollusks having shieldlike shells, such as Haliotis, Fissurella, Carinaria, etc.
Scutibranchiate (a.) (Zool.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchiate (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.
Scutiform (a.) Shield-shaped; scutate.
Scutiger (n.) (Zool.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.
Scutiped (a.) (Zool.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.
Scuttle (n.) A broad, shallow basket.
Scuttle (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Scuttle (v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. -- Sir W. Scott.
Scuttle (n.) A quick pace; a short run. -- Spectator.
Scuttle (n.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically:
Scuttle (n.) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
Scuttle (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
Scuttle (n.) The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), A butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. -- Totten.
Scuttled (imp. & p. p.) of Scuttle
Scuttling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuttle
Scuttle (v. t.) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Scuttle (v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
Scuttle (v. t.) Hence: To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds.
Scuttle (n.) Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire [syn: scuttle, coal scuttle].
Scuttle (n.) An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening, scuttle].
Scuttle (v.) To move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle].
Scuta (n. pl. ) of Scutum.
Scutum (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
Scutum (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] -- Burrill.
Scutum (n.) (Zool.) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax.
Scutum (n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
Scybala (n. pl.) (Med.) Hardened masses of feces.
Scye (n.) Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment. [Cant]
Scyle (v. t.) To hide; to secrete; to conceal. [Obs.]
Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
Scylla (n.) (Greek mythology) A sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
Scyllaea (n.) (Zool.) A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
Note: In color and form these mollusks closely imitate the fronds of sargassum and other floating seaweeds among which they live.
Scyllarian (n.) (Zool.) One of a family ({Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad, flat antennae. Also used adjectively.
Scyllite (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium), the shark, and the skate.
Scymetar (n.) See Scimiter.
Scimiter, Scimitar (n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
Scimiter, Scimitar (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Scimiter pods (Bot.), The immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant ({Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.
Scyphae (n. pl. ) of Scypha
Scypha (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) See Scyphus, 2 (b).
Scyphus (n.; pl.) Scyphi. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
Scyphus (n.; pl.) Scyphi. (Bot.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
Scyphus (n.; pl.) Scyphi. (Bot.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.
Scyphiform (a.) (Bot.) Cup-shaped.
Scyphistomata (n. pl. ) of Scyphistoma.
Scyphistoma (n.; pl.) Scyphistomata,
Scyphistomae. () (Zool.) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
Scyphistomae (n. pl. ) of Scyphistoma
Scyphistoma (n.) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
Scyphobranchii (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families.
Scyphomeduse (n. pl.) Same as Acraspeda, or Discophora.
Scyphophori (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.