Scotist 
tux (see Scotixm): see .SVo/l.] A follower of 
Dims Scot us. Sec 
Dun's disciples, and like dratf calk'il Scotistx, the chil- 
dren of darkness, raged in every pulpit against Greek, 
Latin, and Hebrew. 
Tyudate, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 75. 
Scotixts and Thoniists now in peace remain. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 444. 
Scotistic (sko-tis'tik), . [< Scotist + -ic."} Of, 
jKTtaining to, or characteristic of the Scotists. 
Scotize (skot'iz), i\ i. ; pret. and pp. 
ppr. fimti-iii;/. [< Scot 1 + -i:e."] To imitate 
the Scotch, especially in their opposition to 
prelacy. 
The English had Scotized In all their practices. 
Ueylin, Life of Laud, p. 328. (Daales.) 
SCOtograph (skot'o-graf), . [< Gr. OKorof, 
darkness, + ypdtytiv, write.] An instrument 
by which one may write in the dark, or for aid- 
ing the blind to write. 
scotoma (sko-to'ma), n. ; pi. scotomata (-ma-ta). 
[NL., < Gr. muTufta, darkness : see scotomy.'] A 
defect in the visual field. 
scotome (skot'om), n. [< NL. scotoma, q. v.] A 
scotoma. 
scotomy (skot'6-mi), n. [< F. scotome = Sp. 
Pg. escotomia = It. seotomia, < NL. *sootomia, ir- 
reg. < Gr. an6Tu/ia, darkness, dizziness, vertigo, 
< o-Korucjv, become dark, < atctirof, darkness.] Im- 
perfect vision, accompanied with giddiness. 
I shall shame you worse, an I stay longer. 
I have got the scotomy In my head already : . . . 
You all turn round do you not dance, gallants? 
Middleton, Massinger, and Rowley, Old Law, iii. 2. 
Scotophis (skot'o-fis), . [NL. (Baird and Gi- 
raud, 1853), < Gr. anArof, darkness, gloom, + 
oifaf, snake.] A genus of colubrine serpents of 
North America, having carinated scales only 
on the median dorsal rows, and the plates on 
the head typical. There are several species, as S. al- 
leffhaniensis, among the largest serpents of the United 
States, but perfectly harmless. The characteristic color 
is brown or black in square blotches on the back and sides, 
separated by lighter intervals. 
Scotornis (sko-tor'nis), . [NL. (Swainson, 
1837, as Scortornis, appar. by misprint, corrected 
by same author in same year to Scotornis), < 
Gr. ovcdrof, darkness, gloom, + opvif, a bird.] 
A genus of African Capri muli/idie, character- 
ized by the great length of the tail, as in S. lon- 
Scotornis longicaudtts. 
nicaudus,i\ie leading species, of western Africa. 
The genus is also named Climacums (Gloger, 
1842) from this characteristic. 
SCOtoscope (skot'o-skop), n. [< Gr. morof, dark- 
ness, gloom, + amm'tv, examine, view.] An 
old optical instrument designed to enable one 
to discern objects in the dark ; a night-glass. 
There comes also Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and 
scotoscope. For the flret I did give him 5. 10s. . . . The 
other he gives me, and is of value ; and a curious curios- 
ity it is to look objects in a darke room with. 
Pepyg, Diary, Aug. 13, 1664. 
Scots (skots), a. and n. [A contracted form of 
ME. Scottis, dial, form of Scottish: see Scottish, 
Scotch 1 .'] I. . Scotch; Scottish: as, Scots law; 
five pound Scots. [Scotch.] 
We think na on the lang Scots miles. 
Burns, Tain o' Shanter. 
Scots Grays. See gray, t. 
II. n. The Scottish dialect. 
Scotsman (skots'man), n. ; pi. Scotsmen (-men). 
A native of Scotland ; a Scot. Also Scotchman. 
Scott't, n. An obsolete spelling of Scot 1 . 
SCOtt'-'t, ". An obsolete spelling of scot'*. 
SCOttering (skot'er-ing), 11. [Verbal n. of 
"scatter, i\, perhaps a var. of scatter."] The 
burning of a wad of pease-straw at the end of 
harvest. liu/li'i/, 1731. [Prov. Engr.] 
Scotticism (skot'i-sizm), H. [< LL. Srnlii-itu, 
Si-olticits, Scottish (see 8cotNh), + -/*/.] An 
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idiom or expression peculiar to Scotland. Also 
Scot/rix HI. 
Scotticize (skot'i-si/.), r. t.; pret. and pp. Xrnlti- 
i-i:<-il, ppr. Scottirizini/. [< LL. Srotieitu, Scotti- 
cus, Scottish, + -/-e.J To render Scottish in 
character or form. Also Scotieize. 
Scottiflcation (skot'i-fl-k&'ahon), n. [< Seottify 
+ -ication.] The act of Scottifying something, 
or of giving a Scottish character or tum to it ; 
also, that which has been Scottified or rendered 
Scottish in character or form. [Colloq.] 
Which Scottiflcation I hope some day to print opposite 
Caxton's own text. 
F. J. Furnivall, Forewords to Booke of Precedence 
[(E. E. T. S., extra ser.), p. xvii. 
Seottify (skot'i-fi), v. t. ; pret. and pp. Scottified, 
ppr. Scottifying. [< LL. Scoticus, Scottictts, Scot- 
tish, + -/#.] To render Scotch in character or 
form; give a Scottish turn to. [Colloq.] 
Adam Loutfut, Sir Wm. Cummyn's scribe, had copied 
the poem from an English original, and Scottified it as he 
copied. 
F. J. Furnivall, Forewords to Booke of Precedence 
[(E. E. T. S., extra ser.), p. xvii. 
Scottish (skot'ish), a. [Also contracted Scotch, 
Sc. Scots; < ME. Scottish, Scotyssh, Sc. Scottis, 
< AS. "Scottisc, by reg. umlaut Scyttisc, Scittisc 
(= D. Schotsch, Scliots = G. Schottiseh = Icel. 
Skotzkr = Sw. Skottsk = Dan. Skotsk), Scottish, 
< Scot, pi. Scottas, Scot, + -isc, E. -ish 1 . Cf . LL. 
Scoticus, = MGr. NGr. SKCJTMOC, Scottish; OF. 
Escossais, F. ficossais = Sp. Escoces = Pg. Es- 
cossee = It. Scozzese (> NGr. 2Korfo-of), < ML. 
as if "Scotiensis, Scottish, a Scotchman, < LL. 
Scotia (> OF. Escosse, F. Ecosse = Sp. Escocia = 
Pg. Escossia = It. Scozia), Scotland, < Scotm, 
a Scot: see /Scot 1 .] Of, pertaining to, or char- 
acteristic of Scotland or its inhabitants; per- 
taining to the form of English peculiar to Scot- 
land, or to the literature written in it ; Scotch : 
as, Scottish scenery; Scottish traits. SeeScotch 1 . 
It was but xx scotyssh myle fro the Castell of Vandes- 
bires. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 187. 
Scottish dance, the schottische. Scottish school. 
See schooll. 
SCOUg, n. See skugl. 
SCOUlt, i'. and n. An obsolete form of scowl. 
SCOuld, v. and n. An obsolete form of scold. 
Scoulton pewit. See pewit. 
scoundrel (skoun'drel), . and a. [With ex- 
crescent d (as in thunder, tender, etc.), for ear- 
lier "scounrel, 'scounerel, with suffix -el, denot- 
ing a person, < scouner, scunner, disgust, cause 
loathing, also feel disgust at, loathe, shun ; or 
from the related noun, "scouner, scunner, scan- 
ner, an object of disgust, also one who shrinks 
through fear, a coward: see scunner, v. and ., 
and the ult. source shun. This etymology, 
due to Skeat, is no doubt correct ; but the ab- 
sence of early quotations leaves it uncertain 
whether the orig. sense was 'one who shuns or 
shrinks,' i. e. a coward, or ' one who causes 
disgust,' ' one who is shunned.'] I. n. Abase, 
mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a low vil- 
lain; a man without honor or virtue. 
By this hand, they are scoundrels and substractors. 
Skak., T. H., i. 3. 36. 
=Syn. Knave, rogue, cheat, swindler, sharper. 
II. a. Belonging to or characteristic of a 
scoundrel; base; mean; unprincipled. 
"A penny saved is a penny got." 
Firm to this scoundrel maxim keepeth he. 
Thomson, Castle of Indolence, i. 60. 
SCOundreldom (skoun'drel-dum), n. [< scoun- 
drel + -dom.] Scoundrels collectively, or their 
ways or habits ; scoundrelism. 
High-bom scoundreldom. Froude. 
SCOUndrelism (skoun'drel-izm), n. [< scoun- 
drel + -ism."] The practices of a scoundrel; 
baseness; turpitude; rascality. 
Thus . . . shall the Bastille be abolished from our 
Earth. . . . Alas, the scoundrelizm and hard usage are not 
so easy of abolition I Carlyle, French Rev., I. v. 9. 
scoundrelly (skoun'drel-i), a. [< scoundrel + 
-fyl.] Characteristic of a scoundrel; base; 
mean; villainous; rascally. 
I had mustered the scoundrelly dragoons ten minutes 
ago in order to beat up Burley's quarters. 
Scott, Old Mortality, xxviii. 
SCOUner (skou'ner), c. and n. Same as scunner. 
SCOUp 1 (skoup), t'. A dialectal variant of scoop. 
SCOUp 2 (skoup), v. i. [Also scowp ; early mod. 
E. Ki-otipe, scope, < ME. scopen, < Icel. skopa, take 
a run ; perhaps connected with Icel. skop)>n, 
spin like a top, and with E. skip."] To leap or 
move hastily from one place to another; run; 
scamper; skip. [Scotch.] 
scour 
I scovpe as a lyon or a tygre dothe whan he doth folowe 
his prayc. Je vas par sanities. /*/>. 
That it ne can goe scope abrode where it woulde gladly 
goe. Drant, Horace (1507), fo. E. iiij. (Cath. Aug., p. 324). 
The shame xctiup in his company, 
And land where'er he gae! 
Fair Annie (Child's Ballads, III. 194). 
SCOUT 1 (skour), v. [Early mod. E. also scourc, 
scower, scowre, skour, skoure ; < ME. scourcn, 
itcoirren, scoren (= D. schuren = MLG. scliiircii, 
LG. schuercn, schoeren = MG. schiireii, G. scheii- 
ern = Dan. skure = Sw. skura), scour, prob. < 
OF. escurer = Pr. Sp. escurar = It. scurare (ML. 
reflex scurare), scour, rub, < L. excurare, used 
only in pp. excuratus, take great care of, < ex- 
intensive + curare, care for: see cure, v."] I. 
trans. 1. To cleanse by hard rubbing; clean by 
friction ; make clean and bright on the surface 
by rubbing ; brighten. 
Ther the! . . . scoured hauberkes and furbisshed swerdes 
and helmes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 313. 
Scouring and forbishing his head-piece or morion. 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 809. 
2. To cleanse from grease and dirt by rubbing 
or scrubbing thoroughly with soap, washing, 
rinsing, etc. ; cleanse by scrubbing and the use 
of certain chemical appliances: as, to scour 
blankets, carpets, articles of dress, etc.; to 
scour woolens. 
In some lakes the water is so nitrous as, if foul clothes 
be put into it, it scoureth them of itself. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist, 362. 
Every press and vat 
Was newly scoured. 
WOliam Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 293. 
3. To cleanse or clean out by flushing, or by 
a violent flood of water. 
Augustus, hauing destroyed Anthonie and Cleopatra, 
brought Egypt into a Prouince, and scowred all the 
Trenches of Nilus. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 586. 
The British Channel, with its narrow funnel opening at 
the straits of Dover, is largely scoured by the Atlantic 
rollers or tidal waves. N. and Q., 7th ser., II. 63. 
4. To purge thoroughly or with violence; 
purge drastically. 
What rhubarb, cyme [in some eds. senna], or what pur- 
gative drug, 
Would scour these English hence? 
Shalt., Macbeth, v. 3. 56. 
I will scowre thy gorge like a hawke. 
Marston and Barksted, Insatiate Countess, v. 
5. To cleanse thoroughly in any way ; free en- 
tirely from impurities, or whatever obstructs 
or is undesirable ; clear; sweep clear; rid. 
The kings of Lacedemon having sent out some gallies, 
under the charge of one of their nephews, to scour the sea 
of the pirates, they met us. Sir P. Sidney. 
And, like a sort of true-born scavengers, 
Scour me this famous realm of enemies. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, v. 2. 
6. To remove by scouring ; cleanse away ; ob- 
literate; efface. 
Never came reformation in a flood, 
With such a heady currence, scouring faults. 
Shak., Hen. V., L 1. 34. 
Sour grief and sad repentance scours and clears 
My stains with tears. 
Quarles, Emblems, it 14. 
7. To run over and scatter ; clean out. 
And Whackum in the same play ["The Scowrers"] de- 
scribes the doings of the fraternity of Scourers. "Then 
how we Scour'd the Market People, over-threw the Butter 
Women, defeated the Pippin Merchants." 
Ashton, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 179. 
How many sail of well-mann'd ships before us ... 
Have we pursu'd and scortr'd ! 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, ii. 1. 
Scoured wool, wool which has been thoroughly cleansed 
after shearing. 
II. intrans. 1. To rub a surface for the pur- 
pose of cleansing it. 
Speed. She can wash and scour. 
Launce. A special virtue. Shak.,f. G. of V., iii. 1. 313. 
2. To cleanse cloth; remove dirt or grease 
from a texture. 
Warm water . . . scoureth better than cold. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist, 362. 
3. To be purged thoroughly or violently; use 
strong purgatives. 
And although he [Greene] continually scorned, yet still 
his belly sweld, and neuer left swelling vpward, vntill it 
sweld him at the hart and in his face. 
Repentance of Robert Greene (1592), Sig. D. 2. 
scour 1 (skour), n. [< scour 1 , v."] 1. The clear- 
ing action of a strong, swift current through a 
narrow channel; the removal of more or less 
of the material at the bottom of a river or tidal 
channel by the action of a current of water 
flowing over it with sufficient velocity to pro- 
duce this effect. 
