SCROLL

2. Abounding with stunted bushes or brushwood. Scroll (skrōl), n. [Formerly also scrow. O. Fr. escrol, escrou, Mod. Fr. écrou, a scroll, a register; L.L. scroa, skrua, a memoir, a schedule; probably from the Teutonic, in which we find such words as Icel. skrá, a scroll, Sw. skrå, a short writing, L.G. schraa, by-laws. The form of the English word has been influenced by roll, and the French forms have been modified in a similar manner.] 1. A roll of paper or parchment; or a writing formed into a roll; a list or schedule. The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Is. xxxiv. 14. Here is the scroll of every man's name. Shak 2. An ornament of a somewhat spiral form; an ornament or appendage distantly resembling a partially unrolled sheet of paper; as, (a) in arch. a convolved or spiral ornament, variously introduced; specifically, the volute of the Ionic and Corinthian capitals. (b) The curved head of instruments of the violin family, in which are inserted the pins for tuning the strings. (c) A kind of volute at a ship's bow. See SCROLL-HEAD. (d) A flourish added to a person's name in signing a paper.-3. In her. the ribbon-like appendage to a crest or escutcheon on which the motto is inscribed. Scrolled (skröld), a. 1. Inclosed in a scroll or roll; formed into a scroll.-2. Ornamented with scrolls or scroll-work.

Scroll-head (skrōl'hed), n. An ornamental

piece of timber at the bow of a vessel, finished off with carved work in the form of a volute or scroll turning outward. Called also Billet-head. Scroll-saw (skrōl'sa), n. A thin and narrow bladed reciprocating saw which passes through a hole in the work-table and saws a kerf in the work, which is moved about in any required direction on the table. Scroll-work (skrōl'wèrk), n. In arch. ornamental work characterized generally by its resemblance to a band, arranged in undulations or convolutions.

Scroll-head.

Scroop (skrop), n. [Imitative.] A harsh tone or cry. Every word, and scroop, and shout.' Dickens.

Scrophularia (skrof-u-la'ri-a), a. [From its supposed virtue in curing scrofula.] A genus of plants, the species of which are known by the common name of fig-wort. See FIG-WORT.

Scrophulariacez (skrofu-là-ri-ā”sẽ-ẽ),n.pl. [Scrophularia, one of the genera.] A very large nat. order of herbaceous or shrubby monopetalous exogens, inhabiting all parts of the world except the coldest, containing about 160 genera and 1900 species. They have opposite or alternate entire toothed or cut leaves, and usually four or five lobed irregular flowers with didynamous stamens, placed in axillary or terminal racemes; with a two-celled ovary and albuminous seeds. Many of the genera, such as Digitalis, Calceolaria, Veronica, Pentstemon, &c., are valued by gardeners for their beautiful flowers. Scrotal (skro'tal), a. Pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia, which is a protrusion of any of the contents of the abdomen into the scrotum.

Scrotiform (skro'ti-form), a. [L. scrotum, and forma, form.] In bot. formed like a double bag, as the nectary in plants of the genus Satyrium.

Scrotocele (skro'to-sel), n. [Scrotum (which see), and Gr. kele, a tumour.] A scrotal hernia.

Scrotum (skro'tum), n. [L.] The bag which contains the testicles.

Scrouge (skrouj), v. t. [Comp. Dan. skrugge, to stoop, and E. shrug.] To crowd; to squeeze. [Provincial.]

Scrow (skrou), n. 1.† A scroll. Scrow, or schedule of paper.' Huloet.-2. Curriers' cuttings or clippings from hides, as the ears and other redundant parts, used for making glue. Scroylet (skroil), n. [0. Fr. escrouelles; Fr. écrouelles, the king's-evil, from L. L. scrofelle, from L. scrofulo, a swelling of the glands of the neck. See SOROFULA] A mean fellow; a wretch. Probably originally applied to a person afflicted with king's-evil.

The scroyles of Angiers flout you, kings. Shak. Scrub (skrub), v.t. pret. & pp. scrubbed; ppr.

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scrubbing. [Sw. skrubba, Dan. skrubbe, D. schrobben, L.G. schrubben, to rub, to scrub; probably allied to scrape, scrabble, or it may be from rub, with initial sc, sk, having an intens. force.] To rub hard, either with the hand or with a cloth or an instrument; usually, to rub hard with a brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning, scouring, or making bright; as, to scrub a floor; to scrub a deck; to scrub vessels of brass or other metal.

Now Moll had whirl'd her mop with dext'rous airs,

Prepared to scrub the entry and the stairs. Swift. Scrub (skrub), v.i. To be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living. Scrub (skrub), n. [From the verb to scrub.] 1. A worn-out brush; a stunted broom.

2. A mean fellow; one that labours hard and

lives meanly.

We should go there in as proper a manner as possible, not altogether like the scrubs about us. Goldsmith.

3. Something small and mean. Scrub (skrub), a. Mean; niggardly; contemptible; scrubby.

How dismal, how solitary, how scrub does this town look! H. Walpole. With a dozen large vessels my vault shall be stored, No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. Scrub (skrub), n. [Same word as shrub, A. Sax. scrob, Dan. dial. skrub, a shrub.] Close, low, or stunted trees or brushwood; low underwood.

He threw himself on the heathery scrub which met the shingle. T. Hughes. Scrubbed (skrub'ed), a. Same as Scrubby. A little scrubbed boy, no higher than thy

self.' Shak.

Scrubber (skrub'èr), n. 1. One who or that which scrubs; a hard broom or brush.-2. An apparatus for ridding coal-gas from tarry matter and ammonia. Scrubby (skrub'i), a. Small and mean; vile; worthless; insignificant; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur; a scrubby tree. Scrubbyish (skrub'i-ish), a. Somewhat scrubby.

I happen to be sheriff of the county; and, as all writs are returnable to me, a scrubbyish fellow asked me to sign one against you. Colman the Younger.

Scrub-oak (skrub'ok), n. The popular name in the United States for several stunted species of oak, such as Quercus ilicifolia, Q. agrifolia, &c.

Scrub-race (skrub'ras), n. A race between low and contemptible animals got up for

amusement.

Scrubstone (skrub'ston), n. A provincial
term for a species of calciferous sandstone.
Scruft (skruf), n. Scurf.
Scruff (skruf), n. [For scuff (which see).]
The hinder part of the neck.

I shall take you by the scruff of the neck. Marryat. Scrummage (skrum'áj), n. See SCRIMMAGE. Scrumptious (skrump'shus), a. 1. Nice; particular; fastidious; fine. [United States.] 2. Delightful; first-rate; as, scrumptious weather. [Slang.]

Scrunch (skrunsh), v.t. To crush, as with the teeth; to crunch; hence, to grind down. I have found out that you must either scrunch them (servants) or let them scrunch you.

Dickens.

Scruple (skrö'pl), n. [Fr. scrupule, a scruple, from L. scrupulus, a little stone (dim. of scrupus, a rough or sharp stone), the twentyfourth part of anything, hence, figuratively, a trifling matter, especially a trifling matter causing doubt, difficulty, or anxiety; hence doubt, difficulty, uneasiness.] 1. A weight of 20 grains; the third part of a dram, or the twenty-fourth part of an ounce in the old apothecaries' measure. Hence-2. Any small quantity.

3. In old astron. a digit.-4. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation, or perplexity arising from motives of conscience; backwardness to decide or act; a kind of repugnance to do a thing, the conscience not being satisfied as to its rightness or propriety; nicety; delicacy; doubt.

He was made miserable by the contest between his taste and his scruples. Macaulay.

Scruple (skrö'pl), v.i. pret. & pp. scrupled; ppr. scrupling. To have scruples; to be reluctant as regards action or decision; to hesitate about doing a thing; to doubt: often followed by an infinitive. He scrupled not to eat Against his better knowledge.

Milton.

SCRUTINIZER

We are often over-precise, scrupling to say those things which lawfully we may. Full

Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set for divine worship. Sou

Scruple (skrö'pl), v. t. To have scruples ab to doubt; to hesitate to believe; to quest as, to scruple the truth or accuracy of account or calculation. [Now rare.]

The chief officers' behaved with all imaginable verseness and insolence' in the council of state.. pling the oath to be true to the commonwealth ag Charles Stuart or any other person. One who scrup

Scrupler (skrö'pler), n.

Halla

a doubter; one who hesitates. Away those nice scruplers.' Bp. Hall. Scrupulist (skrö'pu-list), n. One doubts or scruples; a scrupler. Sha Scrupulize (skrö'pu-liz), v.t. pret. & bury. scrupulized; ppr. scrupulizing. To per with scruples of conscience. Other arti may be so scrupulized.' Montague. Scrupulosity (skrö-pu-los'i-ti), n. [L. 8 pulositas. See SCRUPLE.] The qualit state of being scrupulous; hesitation doubtfulness respecting some point or ceeding from the difficulty of determi how to act; caution or tenderness ari from the fear of doing wrong or offend nice regard to exactness and propriety; ciseness.

The first sacrilege is looked upon with some ho but when they have once made the breach their pulosity soon retires. Dr. H. Mo

So careful, even to scrupulosity, were they to their sabbath, that they must not only have a tin prepare them for that, but a further time also to pare them for their very preparations. Sou

Scrupulous (skrö'pu-lus), a. [L. serv losus, Fr. scrupuleux. See SCRUPLE.] 1. of scruples; inclined to scruple; hesita to determine or to act; cautious in deci from a fear of offending or doing wr 'Abusing their liberty, to the offence of t weak brethren which were scrupul Hooker. 2. Given to making objecti captious. Shak.-3.† Nice; doubtful.

The justice of that cause ought to be evident; no scure, not scrupulous. Bac

4. Careful; cautious; vigilant; exact in garding facts.

I have been the more scrupulous and wary in re the inferences from these observations are of im Woodwa

ance.

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5. Precise; exact; rigorous; punctilious. a scrupulous abstinence from labour. Scrupulously (skrö'pu-lus-li), adv. scrupulous manner; with a nice regard minute particulars or to exact propriety The duty consists not scrupulously in minutes half hours. Fer. Tayl Henry was scrupulously careful not to ascribe success to himself. Addis

Scrupulousness (skrö'pu-lus-nes), n. state or quality of being scrupulous; as the state of having scruples; caution in termining or in acting from a regard truth, propriety, or expediency.

Others by their weakness, and fear, and scrupu ness, cannot fully satisfy their own thoughts. Br. Pull

(b) Exactness; preciseness. Scrutable (skrö'ta-bl), a. [See SCRUTI Capable of being submitted to scrutiny; coverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or crit examination.

Shall we think God so scrutable or ourselves so p trating that none of his secrets can escape us? Dr. H. Mo [L. scr

Scrutation (skrö-ta'shon), n.

tio.] Search; scrutiny. [Rare.] Scrutator (skrö-ta'tér), n. [L., from scru scrutatus, to explore.] One who scru izes; a close examiner or inquirer; a s tineer. Ayliffe; Bailey.

Scrutineer (skro-ti-ner'), n. One who s tinizes; one who acts as an examiner votes, as at an election, &c., to see if t are valid. Scrutinize (skrö'tin-iz), v. t. pret. & pp. 8 tinized; ppr. scrutinizing. [From scruti To subject to scrutiny; to investigate clos to examine or inquire into critically; to gard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the n sures of administration; to scrutinize private conduct or motives of individu To scrutinize their religious motives.' W burton.

Scrutinize (skrö'tin-iz), v. i. To make s tiny. Thinks it presumption to scruti into its defects.' Goldsmith.

Hatton remained silent and watched him wi scrutinizing eye. D'Isra Scrutinizer (skrö'tin-iz-ér), n. One scrutinizes; one who examines with crit

care.

SCRUTINOUS

Scrutinous (skrö'tin-us), a. Closely inquiring or examining; captious.

Sir F. Denham.

Age is froward, uneasy, scrutinous, Hard to be pleased. Scrutinously (skro'tin-us-li), adv. By using scrutiny; searchingly.

Scrutiny (skro'tin-i), n. [L. scrutinium, Fr. scrutin, from L. scrutor, to search carefully, to rummage, from scruta, trash, frippery.] 1. Close investigation or examination; minute inquiry; critical examination. Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view And narrower scrutiny. Milton. Somewhat may easily escape, even from a wary pen, which will not bear the test of a severe scrutiny, Atterbury,

2. In the primitive church, an examination of catechumens in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter-day. This was performed with prayers, exorcisms, and many other ceremonies.-3. In the canon law, a ticket or little paper billet on which a vote is written.-4. An examination by a competent authority of the votes given at an election for the purpose of rejecting those that are bad, and thus correcting the poll. Scrutiny (skrö'tin-i), v.t. pret. & pp. scrutinied; ppr. scrutinying. To scrutinize. Johnson.

Scrutoire (skru-twar'), n. [See ESCRITOIRE.] An escritoire.

Scruzet (skruz), v.t. [A form of scrouge.] To crowd; to compress; to crush; to squeeze. Spenser.

Scry (skri), v.t. To descry Spenser. Scryt (skri), n. A flock of wild-fowl. Halliwell.

Scry + (skri), n. A cry. Berners. Scryne (skrin), n. Same as Scrine. Scud (skud), v.i. pret. scudded; ppr. scudding. [A. Sax. scudan, to run quickly, to flee; O.Sax, scuddian, L.G. and D. schudden, to set in rapid motion, to shake; Sw. skutta, to run quickly; allied to shudder.] 1. To run quickly; to be driven or to flee or fly with haste; to run with precipitation.

Sometimes he scuds far off, and there he stares. Shak Foam-flakes scud along the level sand. Tennyson. 2 Naut to be driven with precipitation before a tempest with little or no sails spread.

Scud (skud),n. 1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a running or rushing with speed or precipitation.-2. Loose vapoury clouds driven swiftly by the wind. "And the dark scud in swift succession flies.' Falconer.

Borne on the scud of the sea.' Longfellow. 3. A slight flying shower. [Provincial English.]-4. A small number of larks, less than a flock. [Provincial English.]-5. In school slang, a swift runner; a scudder.

I say,' said East, looking with much interest at Tom, you ain't a bad scud." T. Hughes. Scud (skud), v.t. To pass over quickly. His lessening flock In snowy groups diffusive scud the vale. Shenstone. Scudder (skud’ér), n. One who scuds. Scuddick (skud'ik), n. 1. Anything of small value. Halliwell.-2 A shilling. [Slang.] Scuddle (skud/l), v.i. pret. scuddled; ppr. scuddling. [A dim. of scud.] To run with a kind of affected haste; to scuttle. Scuddy (skud'i), n. A naked infant or young child. (Scotch ]

Scudlar (skudlar), n. A scullion. [Scotch.] Scudo (sko'dō), n. pl. Scudi (skö'dē). [It., a shield, a crown, from L. scutum, a shield: so called from its bearing the heraldic shield of the prince by whom it was issued.] An Italian silver coin of different value in the different states in which it was issued. The Genoese scudo is equivalent to about 58. 4d.; the Roman, 48. 4d.; the Sardinian and Milanese, 38. 9d. This coin is gradually disappearing before the decimal coinage of the Italian kingdom, but the name is sometimes given to the piece of 5 lire (about 48.). The old Roman gold scudo was worth 10 silver scudi

Scuff (skuf), n. [See SCUFT] The hinder part of the neck; the scruff. [Provincial] Scuff (skuf), v.i. [See SCUFFLE.] To walk without raising the feet from the ground or floor; to shuffle.

Scuff (skuf), v. t. To graze gently; to pass with a slight touch. (Scotch.] Scuffle (skufl), v.i. pret scuffled; ppr. seuffing. [Freq. from A. Sax. sceofan, scufan, to shove (see SHOVE); Sc. scuff, to graze; Sw. skuffa, to shove. See also SHUFFLE, SHOVEL] To struggle or contend with close grapple; to fight tumultuously or confusedly.

A gallant man prefers to fight to great disadvan

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tages in the field, in an orderly way, rather than to scuffle with an undisciplined rabble.

Eikon Basiliki.

Scuffle (skufl), n. [Partly from verb; comp. also Dan. skuffe, to hoe.] 1. A struggle in which the combatants grapple closely; any confused quarrel or contest in which the parties struggle blindly or without direction; a tumultuous struggle for victory or superiority; a fight.

The dog leaps upon the serpent and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle, the cradle happened to be overturned. Sir R. L'Estrange.

2. A child's pinafore or bib. [Provincial English]-3. A garden hoe. [Provincial English.]

Scuffler (skufʼlėr), n. 1. One who scuffles. 2. In agri. a kind of horse-hoe. Its use is to cut up weeds and to stir the soil. It resembles the scarifier, but is much lighter, and is employed to work after it. See SCA

RIFIER.

Scuft (skuft), n. [Also written Scuff; comp. Icel. skoft, Goth. skufts, hair.] Same as Scruff Mrs. Gaskell.

Scug (skug), v.t. [Dan. skygge, to shade; Sw. skugga, Icel. skuggi, a shadow, a shade.] To hide; to shelter. [Scotch.]

Scug (skug), n. The declivity of a hill; a place of shelter. [Old English and Scotch.] Sculduddery (skul-dud'er-i), n. 1. Fornication; adultery.-2. Grossness; obscenity. Ramsay 'Sculduddery sangs.' Sir W Scott. [Scotch.]

Sculk (skulk), v. i. Same as Skulk (which see).

Sculker (skulk'èr), n. Same as Skulker. Scull (skul), n. Same as Skull. Scull (skul), n. [Origin uncertain. Comp. Icel. skjóla, a pail, a bucket; Prov. E. and Sc. skeel, a milk-pan; also Icel. skola, to wash.] 1. A boat; a cock-boat. See SCULLER.-2. One who sculls a boat.-3. A short oar, whose loom is only equal in length to half the breadth of the boat to be rowed, so that one man can manage two, one on each side. Also an oar when used to propel a boat by being placed over the stern, and worked from side to side, the blade, which is turned diagonally, being always in the water. 4. A large shallow basket without a bow handle, used for carrying fruit, potatoes, fish, &c. [Scotch.]

Scull (skul), n. [A form of shoal. See SHOAL.] A shoal or multitude of fish. Scull (skul), v.t. To impel or propel by sculls; to propel by moving and turning an oar over the stern.

Scull-cap (skul'kap). See SKULL-CAP. Sculler (skul'èr), n. 1. A boat rowed by one

man with two sculls or short oars.-2. One

who sculls or rows with sculls; one who impels a boat by an oar over the stern. Scullery (skul'ér-i), n. [O. Fr. escueillier, a place where bowls are kept, escuelle, a bowl, a platter, from L. scutella, dim. of scutra, a dish; allied to scutum, a shield.] A place where dishes, kettles, and other culinary utensils are cleaned and kept, and where the rough or dirty work connected with the kitchen is done; a back-kitchen. Scullion (skul'yon), n.

SCUPPER

Sculpture (skulp'tür), n. [Fr., from L. sculp tura, from sculpo, sculptum (also scalpo), to grave.] 1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, or other materials into images of men, beasts, or other things. Sculpture also includes the moulding or modelling of figures in clay, to be cast in bronze or other metal.-2. Carved work; any work of sculpture, as a figure cut in stone, metal, or other solid substance, representing or describing some real or imaginary object. Some sweet sculpture draped from head to foot.' Tennyson.

There too, in living sculpture, might be seen,

The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden. Sculpture (skulp'tür), v. t. pret. & pp. sculp tured; ppr. sculpturing. To represent in sculpture; to carve; to form with the chisel or other tool on wood, stone, or metal. Ivory vases sculptured high.' Pope.

The rose that lives its little hour

Is prized beyond the sculptured flower. Bryant. RelatSculpturesque (skulp'tür-esk), a. ing to or possessing the character of sculp ture; after the manner of sculpture; resembling sculpture. 'Sculpturesque beauty." Dr. Caird.

Scum (skum), n. [Sw. and Dan. skum, G. schaum, D. schuim, O. H. G. scûm, scum; cog. L. spuma, foam. Fr. écume, O. Fr. escume is from the German.] 1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquors in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also. the scoria of molten metals. -2. The refuse; the recrement; that which is vile or worthless.

The great and the innocent are insulted by the Addison. scum and refuse of the people. Scum (skum), v. t. pret. & pp. scummed; ppr. scumming. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface; to skim. "You that scum the molten lead.' Dryden.

Scum (skum), v.i. To throw up scum; to be covered with scum.

Life and the interest of life have stagnated and scummed over. A. K. H. Boyd. Scumber (skum'ber), n. [Contr. from discumber.] Dung; especially, the dung of the fox. [Obsolete and Provincial.] Scumber, Scummer (skum'ber, skum'êr), Scumble (skum'bl), v.t. pret. & pp. scumv.i. To dung. [Obsolete and Provincial] bled; ppr. scumbling. [Freq. of scum.] To cover lightly or spread thinly over, as an oil painting, drawing, or the like, with opaque or semi-opaque colours to modify Scumble (skum'bl), n.

the effect.

1. A servant that cleans pots and kettles,

and does other menial services in the kitchen or scullery. Hence-2. A low, mean, worthless fellow. 'The meanest scullion that followed his camp.' South. Scullionly (skul'yon-li), a. Like a scullion; base; low; mean. 'Scullionly paraphrase.' Milton

Sculp (skulp), v.t. [See SCULPTURE] To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.

O that the tenor of my just complaint Were sculpt with steel on rocks of adamant. Sandys. Sculpin (skul'pin), n. A small sea-fish, the Cottus octodecimspinosus, found on the American coasts. The gemmeous dragonet (Callionymus lyra) is so called by the Cornish fishermen. Spelled also Skulpin. Sculptile (skulp'til), a. [L. sculptilis. See SCULPTURE.] Formed by carving. Sculp. tile images. Sir T. Browne. Sculptor (skulp'tor), n. One who sculptures; one who cuts, carves, or hews figures in wood, stone, or other like materials. Sculptress (skulp'tres), n. A female artist

in sculpture. Quart Rev. Sculptural (skulp'tür-al), a. Pertaining to sculpture or engraving. Sculpturally (skulp'tür-al-li), adv. By means of sculpture.

The quaint beauty and character of many natural objects, such as intricate branches, grass, &c., as well as that of many animals plumed, spined, or bristled, is sculpturally expressible. Ruskin.

See SCUMBER.

Scummings (skum'ingz), n. pl. The matter skimmed from boiling liquors; as, the scummings of the boiling-house. Covered with scum. Scummy (skum'i), a.

Keats.

Breathe away as 'twere all scummy slime From off a crystal pool. Scuncheon (skun'shon), n. The stones or arches thrown across the angles of a square tower to support the alternate sides of the octagonal spire; also, the cross pieces of timber across the angles to give strength and firmness to a frame. See SCONCHEON, SQUINCH.

Scunner (skun'êr), v.i. [A Scotch word: A.Sax. scunian, to shun, onscunian, to shun, to loathe.] 1. To loathe; to nauseate; to feel disgust.-2. To startle at anything from doubtfulness of mind; to shrink back from

fear.

Scunner (skun'êr), n. Loathing; abhorrence. [Scotch.]

Scup (skup), n. [From Indian name.] The name given in Rhode Island to a small fish belonging to the sparoid family. In New York it is called porgy.

Scup (skup), n. [D. schop, a swing.] A swing: a term still retained by the descendants of the Dutch settlers in New York. Scup (skup), v.i. In New York, to swing. Scupper (skup'er), n. [Generally connected with scoop. Wedgwood, however, refers it to 0. Fr. and Sp. escupir, to spit; Armor. skopa, to spit. The Teutonic forms (G. spei

SCUPPER-HOLE

gat, Dan. spy-gat, lit. spit-hole) confirm his derivation.] Naut. a channel cut through the water-ways and sides of a ship at proper distances, and lined with lead, for carrying off the water from the deck.

Scupper-hole (skup'èr-hōl), n. A scupper. See SCUPPER.

Scupper-hose (skup′ér-hōz), n. A leathern pipe attached to the mouth of the scuppers of the lower deck of a ship to prevent the water from entering.

Scupper-nail (skup'er-nal), n. A nail with a very broad head for covering a large surface of the scupper-hose. Scuppernong (skup'er-nong), n. The American name for a species of grape, supposed to be a variety of Vitis vulpina, cultivated and found wild in the Southern States. It is said to have come from Greece. Scupper-plug (skup'ér-plug), n. A plug to stop a scupper.

Scur (sker), v.i. To move hastily; to scour. [Obsolete or provincial.]

The light shadows

That in a thought scur o'er the fields of corn. Beau, & Fl. Scurf (skérf), n. [O.E. also scorf, scrof, A.Sax. scurf, Icel. skurfur (pl.), Dan. skury, Sw. skorf, G. schorf, scurf.] 1. A material composed of minute portions of the dry external scales of the cuticle. These are, in moderate quantity, continually separated by the friction to which the surface of the body is subject, and are in due proportion replaced by others deposited on the inner surface of the cuticle. Small exfoliations of the cuticle, or scales like bran, occur naturally on the scalp, and take place after some eruptions on the skin, a new cuticle being formed underneath during the exfoliation. When scurf separates from the skin or scalp in unnatural quantities, it constitutes the disease called pityriasis, which, when it affects children, is known by the name of dandruff. Her crafty head

Was overgrown with scurf and filthy scald.
Spenser.

2. The soil or foul remains of anything adherent. [Rare.]

The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden. 3. Anything adhering to the surface.

There stood a hill whose grisly top
Shone with a glossy scurf.

Milton.

4. In bot. the loose scaly matter that is found on some leaves, &c. Scurff (skérf), n. bull-trout.

Another name for the

Scurfiness (skêrf'i-nes), n. The state of being scurfy. Skelton.

Scurfy (skérf'i), a. 1. Having scurf; covered with scurf.-2. Resembling scurf. Scurrer (skėrėr), n. One who scurs or moves hastily. Berners. [Obsolete or provincial.]

Scurrile (skurril), a. [L. scurrilis, from scurra, a buffoon, a jester.] Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; low; mean; grossly opprobrious in language; lewdly jocose; scurrilous; as, scurrile scoffing; scurrile taunts.

A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court of Charles than your father's ancient Sir W. Scott.

name.

Scurrility (skur-ril'i-ti), n. [Fr. scurrilité, L. scurrilitas. See SCURRILE.] 1. The quality of being scurrilous; low, vile, or obscene jocularity. Please you to abrogate scurrility.' Shak. 2. That which is scurrilous; such low, vulgar, indecent or abusive language as is used by mean fellows, buffoons, jesters, and the like; grossness of abuse or invective; obscene jests, &c.

We must acknowledge, and we ought to lament, that our public papers have abounded in scurrility. Bolingbroke.

Scurrilous (skur'ril-us), a. 1. 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. A scurrilous fool.' Fuller.-2. Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language.

He is ever merry, but still modest; not dissolved into undecent laughter, or tickled with wit scurrilous or injurious.

Habington,

3. Opprobrious; abusive; offensive; infa

mous.

How often is a person, whose intentions are to do good by the works he publishes, treated in as scur rilous a manner as if he were an enemy to mankind. Addison.

Scurrilously (skurʼril-us-li), adv. In a scur

cutcheon (which see).] 1. A shield morial bearings; an emblazoned shi escutcheon.

A shielded scutcheon blushed with blood and queens.

They tore down the scutcheons bearing t of the family of Caraffa.

Pr

The clergy were never more learned, or so scur vily treated. Swift.

The state of

Scurviness (sker'vi-nes), n. being scurvy; meanness; vileness. Scurvy (sker'vi), n. [From scurf (which see).] A disease essentially consisting in a depraved condition of the blood, which chiefly affects sailors and such as are deprived for a considerable time of fresh provisions and a due quantity of vegetable food. It is characterized by livid spots of various sizes, sometimes minute and sometimes large, paleness, languor, lassitude, and depression of spirits, general exhaustion, pains in the limbs, occasionally with fetid breath, spungy and bleeding gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is much more prevalent in cold climates than in warm. Fresh vegetables, farinaceous substances, and brisk fermented liquors, good air, attention to cleanliness, and due exercise, are among the principal remedies; but the most useful article, both as a preventative and as a curative agent, is lime or lemon juice.

Scurvy (sker'vi), a. 1. Scurfy; covered or affected by scurf or scabs; scabby; diseased with scurvy. Scurvy or scabbed.' Lev. xxi. 20.-2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; worthless; contemptible; as, a scurvy fellow. A very scurvy tune to sing at a man's funeral.' Shak. 'That scurvy custom of taking tobacco.' Swift.-3. Offensive; mischievous; malicious; as, a scurvy trick. Nay, but he prated

And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms Shak. Against your honour. Scurvy-grass (skér'vi-gras), n. [A corruption of scurvy-cress, so named because used as a cure for scurvy.] The common name of several British species of plants of the genus Cochlearia, nat. order Cruciferæ. They are herbaceous plants, having alternate leaves, the flowers disposed in terminal racemes, and usually white. The common scurvygrass (C. officinalis) grows abundantly on the sea coast, and along rivers near the sea. The leaves have an acrid and slightly bitter taste; they are eaten as a salad, and are antiscorbutic and stimulating to the digestive organs.

Some scurvy-grass do bring, That inwardly applied's a wondrous sovereign thing. Drayton. 'Scuse (skus), n. Excuse. Shak. Scut (skut), n. [Icel. skott, a fox's tail; comp. L. cauda, W. cut, a tail; W. cwta, short.] A short tail, such as that of a hare or deer. How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a scut. Sir T. Browne. Scutage (skū'tāj), n. [L.L. scutagium, from L. scutum, a shield.] In feudal law, same as Escuage.

No aid or scutage should be assessed but by consent of the great council. Hallam. Scutate (skü'tät), a. [L. scutatus, from scutum, a shield.] 1. In bot. formed like an ancient round buckler; as, a scutate leaf.2. In zool. applied to a surface protected by large scales.

Scutch (skuch), v.t. [Perhaps same as scotch, to cut, to strike; comp. also Fr. escosse, a husk, as of a bean or pea; escosser, to remove the husk from.] 1. To beat; to drub. [Old English and Scotch. ]-2. To dress by beating; specifically, (a) in flax manuf. to beat off and separate, as the woody parts of the stalks of flax; to swingle. (b) In cotton manuf. to separate, as the individual fibres after they have been loosened and cleansed. (c) In silk manuf. to disentangle, straighten, and cut into lengths, as floss and refuse silk. Scutching machine, a machine for roughdressing fibre, as flax, cotton, or silk. Scutch (skuch), n. Same as Scutcher, 2.

2. An implement or machine for scu fibre. See SCUTCH, v. t. Scute (skūt), n. [L. scutum, a bu 1. A small shield. Gascoigne.-2. A as of a reptile. See SCUTUM.-3. An a French gold coin of the value of sterling.

Scutel (sku'tel), n. Same as Scutellu Scutella (sku-tel'la), n. pl. Scutella tel'lē). [L., a salver, dim. of scutra, a One of the horny plates with which th of birds are generally more or less co especially in front.

Scutellaria (skū-tel-lā'ri-a), n. [L. se a salver, in allusion to the form calyx. ] A genus of herbaceous an or perennials, natives of many dif parts of the world, nat. order La They are erect or decumbent, with toothed, sometimes pinnatifid leaves whorled or spiked blue, violet, scar yellow flowers. There are two Britis cies, S. galericulata and S. minor, by the common name of skull-cap. grow on the banks of rivers and lake in watery places. Scutellate, Scutellated (sku'tel-lāt. tel-lat-ed), a. [See SCUTELLA.] F like a plate or platter; divided into plate-like surfaces; as, the scutellated of a sturgeon. Woodward. Scutellidæ (skū-tel′i-dē), n. pl. [L. sc a saucer, and Gr. eidos, resemblance family of radiated animals, belonging class Echinodermata and order Echi having a shell of a circular or elliptic frequently very depressed. The amb are so arranged as to bear some resemb to the petals of a flower. There are genera and species, both recent and these forms being popularly named " urchins.'

Scutelliform (sku-telli-form), a. [I tella, a saucer, and forma, shape.] S late. In bot. the same as patelliforn oval instead of round, as the embr grasses.

Scutellum (skū-tel'um), n. pl. Scu (sku-tel'a). [L., dim. of scutum, a sl 1. In bot. a term used to denote the cotyledon on the outside of the emb wheat, inserted a little lower down the other more perfect cotyledon, wh

Scutella in Cudbear (Lecanora tartarea).

pressed close albumen.-2. A applied to the coloured cup o found in the stance of lic containing the filled with spo as in the an figure of Lec tartarea.-3. In entom. a part of the th sometimes invisible, sometimes, as in Hemiptera, large, and covering the and abdomen. Scutibranchian, Scutibranchiate ti-brang ki-an, sku-ti-brang ki-āt), 7 member of the order Scutibranchiata. Scutibranchiata (sku'ti-brang-ki-a't pl. [L. scutum, a shield, and branchia, The name given to an order of herma

Scutibranchiata-Venus' Ear (Haliotis tuberci dite gasteropodous molluscs, including which have the gills covered with a sh the form of a shield, as the Haliot ear-shell.

Scutibranchiate (sku-ti - brang 'ki-at Pertaining to the order Scutibranch

SCUTIFEROUS

having the gills protected by a shield-like

shell.

Scutiferous (sku-tif'ér-us), a. [L. scutum, a shield, and fero, to bear.] Carrying a shield or buckler.

Scutiform (skú'ti-form), a. [L. scutum, a buckler, and forma, form.] Having the form of a buckler or shield. Scutter (skut'èr), v. i. [From or allied to scud; comp. scuttle, to run.] To run or scuttle away with short quick steps; to scurry. I saw little Miss Hughes scuttering across the field. Mrs. H. Wood,

Scuttle (skut1), n. [A. Sax. scutel, scuttel, a dish, a scuttle; Icel. scutill; from L. scu tella, dim. of scutra, a dish or platter.] 1. A broad shallow basket: so called from its resemblance to a dish.

The earth and stones they are fain to carry from under their feet in scuttles and baskets. Hakewill.

2. A wide-mouthed metal pan or pail for holding coals.

Scuttle (skut'l), n. [Probably for shuttle,

a dim. from the verb to shut. Comp. also O. Fr. escoutille, Mod. Fr. écoutille, Sp. escotilla, a hatchway; origin doubtful.] 1. A square hole in the wall or roof of a house, with a lid; also, the lid that covers such an opening.-2. Naut. a small hatchway or opening in the deck, with a lid for covering it; also, a like hole in the side of a ship, or through the coverings of her hatchways, &c.-Air-scuttles, ports in a ship for the admission of air.

Scuttle (skut'l), v.t. [From the noun.] Naut. to cut holes through the bottom or sides of a ship, for any purpose; to sink by making holes through the bottom; as, to scuttle a ship.

He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. Byron. Scuttle (skut'l), v.i. pret. & pp. scuttled; ppr. scuttling. [A form of scuddle, a freq. of scud.] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to scuddle. The old fellow scuttled out of the room." Arbuthnot. Scuttle (skut'l), n. [See the verb.] A quick pace; a short run. Spectator. Scuttle-butt, Scuttle-cask (skut'l-but, skut'l-kask), N. A butt or cask with a hole, covered by a lid, in its side or top, for holding the fresh water for daily use in a ship

or other vessel.

Scuttled-butt (skut'ld-but), n. Same as

Scuttle-butt.

shape, made of wood or wicker-work, covered with leather, and defended with plates of iron.-2. In anat. the patella or knee-pan, from its shape.-3. In zool. (a) the second section of the upper surface of the segment of an insect. (b) Any shield-like plate, especially such as is developed in the integument of many reptiles.-4. In old law, a pent-house or awning.

Scybala (sib'a-la), n. pl. [Gr skybalon, dung.] In pathol, small indurated balls or fragments into which the fæces become converted when too long retained in the colon. Scye (si), n. The curve cut in a body piece of a garment before the sleeve is sewed in, to suit the contour of the arm. Scylet (sil), r.t. [A.Sax. scylan, to separate, to withdraw.] To conceal; to veil. Chau

cer.

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Scyllæa (sil-lē'a), n. A genus of nudibranchiate gasteropods. The common species (S. pelagica) is found on the Fucus natans, or gulf-weed, wherever this appears. Scyllarian (sil-la'ri-an), n. One of the family Scyllaridæ.

Scyllarida (sil-la'ri-dē), n. pl. [See below.] A family of long-tailed decapodous crabs, characterized by the wide, flat carapace, the large and leaf-like outer antennæ, and the partly flexible tail-fan, by which they drive themselves through the water. They live in moderately shallow water, where the bed of the sea is soft and muddy. Here they burrow rather deeply, and only issue from their retreat for the purpose of seeking food. Scyllarus (sil-la'rus), n. [Gr. skyllaros, a kind of crab.] A genus of long-tailed tenfooted crustaceans, family Scyllarida, of which there are several species, some of which are eatable, and in Japan are considered as delicacies.

Scylliida (si-li'i-de), n. pl. (Gr. skylion, a kind of shark.] The dog-fishes, a family of small-sized, but very abundant sharks, three species of which occur off our own coasts. They have a pair of spiracles, two dorsal fins placed above the ventrals, which latter are abdominal in position, and an anal fin; their branchial apertures, which are small, are situated above the base of the pectoral fin. They are oviparous, depositing their eggs fecundated in curious oblong horny cases, provided with filamentary appendages. These cases are frequently cast upon the beach, and are known as mermaid's purses or sea-purses. See DOG-FISH. Scymetar, Scymitar (sim'i-tér), n. A short sword with a convex blade. See SCIMI

TAR.

Scymnidæ (sim'ni-dē), n. pl. [Gr. skymnos, a lion's whelp.] A family of sharks, destitute of an anal fin, but possessing two dorsals, neither of which is furnished with spines. The lobes of the caudal fin are nearly equal, and the head is furnished with a pair of small spiracles. The Greenland shark is the best known species. Scyphiform (skif'i-form), a. [Gr. skyphos, a cup, and E. form.] Goblet-shaped, as the fructification of some of the lichens.

Scyphulus (sif'u-lus), n. [Dim. of scyphus.] In bot. the cup-like appendage from which the seta of Hepatica arises.

Scyphus (ski'fus), n. [Gr. skyphos, a cup or goblet.] 1. A kind of large drinking-cup anciently used by the lower orders among the Greeks and Etrurians. Fairholt.-2. In bot. the coronet or cup of such plants as narcissus; also, in lichens, a cup-like dílatation of the podetium or stalk-like elongation of the thallus, bearing shields upon its margin.

Scytale (si'ta-le), n. [L. and Gr.] A genus of very poisonous snakes. The species are stout, cylindrical, and rather long. The back and tail possess keeled scales. The poison-fangs resemble those of the rattlesnake. One species, S. pyramidum, is very plentiful near Cairo and in the neighbourhood of the pyramids.

Scythe (siTH), n. [Better written sithe; A. Sax. sithe for sigthe, Icel. sigth; from root of sickle.] 1. An instrument used in mowing or reaping, consisting of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast at a proper angle to a handle, which is bent into a convenient form for swinging the blade to advantage. Most scythes have two projecting handles fixed to the principal handle, by which they are held. The real line of the handle is that which passes through both the hands, and ends at the head of the blade. This may be a straight line or a crooked one, generally the latter, and by moving these handles up or down the main handle, each mower can place them so as best suits the natural size and position of his body. For laying cut corn evenly, a cradle, as it is called, may be used. The cradle is a species of comb, with three or four long teeth parallel to the back of the blade, and fixed in the handle. Fig. 2 shows a species of scythe which has been called the cradle-scythe, as it is regularly used with the cradle for reaping in some localities. It has a short branching handle somewhat in the shape of the letter Y, having two small handles fixed at the extremities of the two branches at right angles to the plane in which they lie. The Hainault scythe is a scythe used with only one hand, and is employed when the corn is much laid and entangled. The person has a hook

SEA

in one hand with which he collects a small bundle of the straggling corn, and with the scythe in the other hand cuts it.-2. A

1, Common Scythe. 2, Cradle Scythe. curved sharp blade anciently attached to the wheels of war chariots. Scythe (siTH), v. t. pret. & pp. scythed; ppr. scything. 1. To mow; to cut with a scythe. or as with a scythe. Time has not scythed all that youth begun.' Shak.-2. To arm or furnish with a scythe or scythes. 'Chariots, scythed, on thundering axles rolled.' Glover. Scytheman (siTH'man), n. One who uses a scythe; a mower. 'The stooping scytheman.' Marston.

Scythe-stone (sīTH'stōn), n. A whetstone for sharpening scythes.

Scythian (sith i-an),a. Pertaining to Scythia; a name given in ancient times to a vast, indefinite, and almost unknown territory north and east of the Black Sea, the Caspian, and the Sea of Aral.

Scythian (sith'i-an), n. A native or inhabitant of Scythia. The barbarous Scythian.' Shak.

Scythrops (sith'rops), n. [Gr. skythros, angry, and ops, aspect.] The channel-bill, a genus of birds belonging to the cuckoo family. Only one species is known, the S. Nova Hollandiae, a very handsome and elegantly coloured bird inhabiting part of Australia and some of the Eastern Islands, about the size of the common crow. It has

a large and curiously formed beak, which gives it so singular an aspect, that on a hasty glance it might almost be taken for a toucan or hornbill.

Scytodepsic (sit-o-dep'sik), a. [Gr. skytos, a hide, and depseō, to tan.] Pertaining to the business of a tanner. [Rare.]-Scytodepsic principle, tannin.-Scytodepsic acid, gallic acid.

Sdayn,t Sdeignt (sdán), n. and v. t. Disdain. Spenser.

'Sdeath (sdeth), interj. [Corrupted from God's death.] An exclamation generally expressive of impatience. ''Sdeath I'll print it.' Pope.

Sdeath!

The rabble should have first unroofd the city. Shak. Sdeinfult (sdān'ful), a. Disdainful. Sea (se), n. [A. Sax. so, D. see, zee, O. Fris. se, Dan. sö, Icel. sær, sjár, sjór (r being merely the nom. sign), G. see, Goth. saivs, sea; same root as Gr. huei (for suei), it rains; Skr. sava, water. Grimm thinks sea and soul are both from a root signifying restless billowy movement. See SOUL] 1. The general name for the continuous mass of salt water which covers the greater part of the earth's surface; the ocean. (See OCEAN.) The term is also applied in a more limited though indefinite sense to an offshoot of the main sea or ocean which, from its position or configuration, is considered deserving of a special name, as the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, &c. Inland lakes, in some cases, are also called seas, as the Caspian and Aral Seas, the Sea of Galilee.-2. A wave; a billow; a surge; as, the vessel shipped a

sea.

The broad seas swell'd to meet the keel,
And swept behind.
Tennyson.

3. The swell of the ocean in a tempest, or the direction of the waves; as, we head the sea.-4. Any large quantity; an ocean; a flood; as, a sea of difficulties. That sea of blood." Eikon Basilike, 'Deep-drenched in a sea of care.' Shak.-5. A large basin, cistern, or laver which Solomon made in the temple,

SEA-ACORN

so large as to contain more than six thouBund DE Thus was called the Brazen Sex and used to bold water for the priests to wast themselves 20hr in 2-Atea (a) on the open sea: out of sight of land When TW: Tesla speak at w Dana. (b) In a Tague meertain condition; wide of the mark: gone wrong; as, you are altogether at sea in your guesses-At full sex, at high water hence, at the height *God's mercy was at full sea. Jer. Tayur-Beyond the sea of 4004, out of the realm or country.Cruse sea, chopping sea, waves moving in different directions-The four wear the seas bounding Britain on the north, south, east, and west Within the four bear, and at the distance of less than five hundred miles from London' Macaulay A figure matchless between the four seas' Law TENDE -To go to sea. to follow the sea, to follow the occupation of a sailor-Half was oner, half druck Our friend the alderman was half was over. Spectator. Colloy)-Heary sea, a sea in which the wares run high - The high seas, or main sea, the open ocean; as, a piracy on the high near-A long an, a sea having a uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves - Molten wea, in Serip. the name given to the great brazen laver of the Mosaic ritual 1 Ki. vii 23-28-On the aea, by the margin of the sea, on the seacoast. A clear-wall'd city on the sea. Tennyum-Short sea, a sea in which the waves are irregular, broken, and interrupted, so as frequently to break over a vessel's bow, side, or quarter-Sea is much used in composition many of the compoun is being selfexplanatory. A number of others are given below.)

Sea-acorn(sea-korn), n. A name sometimes given to the Balani, small crustaceans possessing triangular shells, and which encrust rocks, from their fancied resemblance to the

oak-acorn

Sea-adder (se ad-ér), n. The Gasterosteus spinachia, or fifteen-spined stickleback, a species of acanthopterygious fish found in the British seas.

Sea-anemone (se'a-nem-o-ne), n. The popular name given to the actinias, a coelenterate genus (class Actinozoa) of animals. They are distinguished by the cylindrical form of the body, which is soft, fleshy, and capable of dilatation and contraction. The same aperture serves for mouth and vent, and is furnished with numerous tentacula, by means of which the animal seizes and secures its food. These tentacula, when expanded, give the animals somewhat the appearance of flowers. They may be very numerous, in some cases exceeding 200 in number, and are as a rule capable of being retracted within the body when the animal is irritated. When fully expanded the appearance of the sea-anemones in all their varieties of colour is exceedingly beautiful. But upon the slightest touch the tentacles can be quickly retracted within the mouthaperture, and the animal becomes a mere mass of jelly-like matter

Sea-ape (se'ap), n. 1. The name given by some to the sea-otter, from its gambols.— 2. The sea-fox or fox-shark. Sea-bank (se'bangk), n. 1. The sea-shore. The wild sea-banks. Shak.-2. A bank or mole to defend against the sea. Sea-bar (se'bar), n. The sea-swallow. Sea-barrow (se'bar-o), n. The egg-case of the skate or thornback. Called also Seapincushion.

Sea-basket (se'bas-ket), n. See BASKET-FISH. Sea-bass, Sea-basse (se'bas), n. See BASS. Sea-bear (se'bar), n. 1. The white or Polar bear (Ursus or Thalarctos maritimus).-2. A species of seal (Arctocephalus ursinus) found in great numbers about Kamtchatka and the Kurile Islands. Having larger and better developed limbs than the generality of seals, it can stand and walk better than the other members of the family. The fur is extremely soft and warm, and of high value. Sea-beard (se'berd), n. A marine plant, Conferva rupestris.

Sea-beast (se 'best), n. A beast of the sea. "That sea-beast Leviathan.' Milton. Sea-beat, Sea-beaten (sẽbét, sẽ’bet-n), a. Beaten by the sea; lashed by the waves. 'Along the sea-beat shore.' Pope. Sea-beet (se'bēt), n. See BETA Sea-belt (se belt), n. A plant, the sweet fucus (Laminaria saccharina), which grows upon stones and rocks by the sea-shore, the fronds of which resemble a belt or girdle.

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Sea-bent (se/bent), n. See AMMOPHILA. Sea-bird (sebėrd), n. A general name for sea-fowl or birds that frequent the sea. Sea-biscuit (se'bis-ket), n. Ship-biscuit. Sea-blubber (se blub-ér), n. A name sometimes given to the medusa or jelly-fish. Sea-board (sebord), n. [Sea and board, Fr. bord, side.] The sea-shore; the coastline; the sea-coast; the country bordering on the sea.

Sea-board (sebord), a. Bordering on the sea. Sea-boat (se'bot), n. A vessel considered as regards her capacity of withstanding a storm or the force of the sea.

Sea-bord (sebord), n. and a. Same as Seaboard. Spenser.

Sea-bordering (se'-bor-der-ing), a. Bordering or lying on the sea. Drayton. Sea-born (seborn), a. 1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea. Neptune and his seaborn niece." Waller.-2. Born at sea. Sea-borne (sé'born), a. Wafted or borne upon the sea Sea-borne coal.' Mayhew. Sea-bound (se'bound), a. Bounded by the

sea.

Sea-boy (se'boi), n. A boy employed on board ship. The wet sea-boy.' Shak. Sea-breach (sebréch), n. Irruption of the sea by breaking the banks. Sir R. L'Estrange. Sea-bread (se bred), n. Same as Hard-tack. Sea-bream (sébrém), n. See BREAM. Sea-breeze (sé'brez), n. See BREEZE. Sea-brief (se'bréf), n. Same as Sea-letter. Sea-buckthorn (se'buk-thorn), n. A plant of the genus Hippophae, the II. rhamnoides. Called also Sallow-thorn. See HIPPOPHAE. Sea-bugloss (se'bu-glos), n. A plant of the genus Lithospermum, the L. maritimum. Called also Sea-gromwell.

Sea-built (se'bilt), a. 1. Built for the sea. The sea-built forts (ships) in dreadful order move. Dryden. 2. Built on the sea. Sea-cabbage, Sea-kale (se'kab-bāj, sē'kal), n. A plant of the genus Crambe, the C. maritima. See CRAMBE. Sea-calf (se'kaf), n. The common seal, a species of Phoca, the P. vitulina of Linnæus and the Calocephalus vitulinus of Cuvier. The sea-calf or seal is so called from the noise he makes like a calf. N. Grew.

Sea-cap (se'kap), n. A cap made to be worn Shak

at sea.

Sea-carp (se kärp), n. A spotted fish living
among rocks and stones.
Sea-cat (sekat), n. See WOLF-FISH.
Sea-catgut (se'kat-gut), n. The name given
in Orkney to a common sea-weed, Chorda
filum; sea-lace (which see).
Sea-change (se'chanj), n. A change wrought
by the sea.

Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change

Shak

Into something rich and strange. Sea-chart (se'chart), n. Same as Chart, 2. Sea-coal (se'kol), n. Coal brought by sea, a name formerly used for mineral coal in distinction from charcoal: used adjectively in extract.

We'll have a posset for't soon at night, in faith, At the latter end of a sea-coal fire. Shak Sea-coast (se kost), n. The land immediately adjacent to the sea; the coast. The southern sea-coast.' Bryant.

Sea-cob (se'kob), n. A sea-gull. Sea-cock (se'kok), n. 1. A name given to two fishes, Trigla cuculus and T. hirax, much sought after by Russian epicures, and owing to their scarcity fetching a high price.-2. A sea-rover or viking. Kingsley. Sea-colewort (se kōl-wért), n. Sea-kale (which see).

Sea-compass (se'kum-pas), n. The mariner's

compass.

Sea-cow (se'kou), n. A name given to the dugong or halicore, and also to the manatee. (See MANATEE, DUGONG.) The name is also given to the walrus or sea-horse (Trichechus rosmarus).

Sea-crab (se'krab), n. A name applied by Goldsmith to the strictly maritime crustacea, such as the Cancer pagurus and the species of Portunidæ, &c.

Sea-craft (se kraft), n. In ship-building, the uppermost strake of ceiling, which is thicker than the rest of the ceiling, and is considered the principal binding strake. Called otherwise Clamp.

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Sea-crawfish (se'kra-fish), n. A crusta of the genus Palinurus, remarkable fo hardness of its crust. The common crawfish or spiny lobster (P. vulgaris) common use as a wholesome article of Sea-crow (se'kro), n. A bird of the kind; the mire-crow or pewit-gull. Sea-cucumber (se-kü'kum-bér), n. A r given to several of the most typical sp of the Holothuridae, a family of echinode including the bêche-de-mer or trepang o Chinese. Called also Sea-pudding. Sea-dace (se'das), n. A local name for sea-perch.

Sea-devil (se'de-vil), n. 1. The fishing or toad-fish, of the genus Lophius (L. p torius). See LOPHIUS.-2. A large car ginous fish, of the genus Cephaloptera Johnii or horned ray): so called from huge size, horned head, dark colour, threatening aspect.

Sea-dog (se'dog), n. 1. The dog-fish (w see).-2. The sea-calf or common sea 3. A sailor who has been long afloat; an sailor.

Sea-dottrel (se'dot-rel), n. The turn-st a grallatorial bird. See TURN-STONE. Sea-dragon (se'dra-gon), n. A teleos fish (Pegasus draco), included among Lophobranchii, and occurring in Java waters. The breast is very wide, and large size of the pectoral fins, which f wing-like structures, together with its eral appearance, have procured for this its popular name. The name is also g to the dragonets, fishes of the goby fam Sea-duck (se'duk), n. An aquatic bird longing to the Fuligulinæ, a sub-famil the Anatidæ or duck family. The ei duck, surf-duck, and buffel-duck are pla among the Fuligulinæ.

Sea-eagle (se'e-gl),n. 1. A name given to white-tailed or cinereous eagle (Halia albicilla). It is found in all parts of Eur generally on the sea-coast, as it is a loving bird. It often, however, makes land journeys in search of food, and se lambs, hares, and other animals. The n has occasionally been also applied to American bald-headed eagle (Halia leucocephalus) and to the osprey. -2. eagle ray, a fish of the genus Mylioba mostly found in the Mediterranean more southern seas. It sometimes att to a very large size, weighing as much 800 lbs.

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Sea-ear (se'ēr), n. A gasteropodous moll with a univalve shell, belonging to the ge Haliotis. See HALIOTIS. Sea-eel (se'el), n. water; the conger. Sea-egg (se'eg), n. A sea-urchin, especi with its spines removed. See ECHINUS. Sea-elephant (se'el-e-fant), n. A specie seal, the Macrorhinus proboscideus or runga proboscidea; the elephant-seal: called on account of the strange prolongat of the nose, which bears some analogy to proboscis of the elephant, and also on count of its elephantine size. It is an habitant of the southern hemisphere,