scout 
Oft on the bordering deep 
Encamp tlieir legions ; or with obscure wing 
Scout far and wide into the realm of night. 
Milton, P. L., 11. 133. 
II. trans. 1. To watch closely ; observe the 
actions of ; spy out. 
Take more men, 
And scout him round. 
Fletcher, Bonduca, iv. 2. (Jlichardson.) 
2. To range over for the purpose of discovery. 
One surveys the region round, while the other scouts the 
plain. Swift, Battle of the Books. 
scout 2 (skout), v. t. [Appar. < 'scout 2 , n., a 
taunt (not recorded in the dictionaries), < Icel. 
xkuti, skuta, a taunt ; cf . skot-yrthi, scoffs, taunts, 
skota, shove, < skjota (pret. pi. skutu), shoot: 
' Cf. scout 5 .'] To ridicule ; sneer at ; 
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SCOvan (sko'van), . [Corn.; cf. score 1 .] 
vein of tin. [Cornwall.] Scovan lode. See ; 
SCOVany (sko'vaii-i), a. [< scoran + -i/ 1 .] Not- 
ing a lode in which the working is not made 
easy to the miner by selvages or seams of gouge, 
flucan, or any other kind of decomposed or soft 
material which could be easily worked out with 
the pick. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
SCOVeif, . [Corn.; cf. MOMH.1 Tin stuff so 
rich and pure as it rises put of the mine that it 
has scarce any need of being cleansed by water. 
T r/"l_ , ..,.,11 I,',,.. T 
scragged 
scrab 1 (skrab), r. t. ; pret. and pp. scrubbed, ppr. 
scrubbing. [Var. of scrap, scrape; cf. scrabble. 
v.~] To scratch ; scrape Scrabbed eggs, a lenten 
dish consisting of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned 
and pp. scoved, ppr. 
scoving. [Cf. scon/.]' To cover or smear the 
sides of with clay, in order to prevent the es- 
pile of 
v ... u - . A crab-apple, 
the common wild apple. 
scrabble (skrab'l), r.; pret. and pp. scrabbled, 
ppr. scrabbling. [Early mod. E. also scrable; 
var. of scrapple 1 , t'req. of scrape: see scrape, 
scrab, and cf. scraffle, scrapple 1 , scramble. The 
word in def. 3 has come to be associated with 
scribble 1 (cf. scrawl 2 ), but there is no orig. con- 
nection with scribble or its source, L. scribere.'] 
I. intrans. 1. To scrape, scratch, or paw with 
the hands ; move along on the hands and knees ; 
crawl ; scramble : as, to scrabble up a cliff or a 
scorn : as, to scout a proposal. 
Flout 'em and scout 'em, 
And scout 'em and flout 'em. 
Shak., Tempest, iii. 2. 130. 
SCOUt ;! t (skout) 
skuti, a cave 
skuta, jut out 
and cf. scout 2 .'] 
som, broom, < ysgub, a sheaf, besom (cf . ysgubo, 
sweep), < L. scopa, scopse, twigs, a broom: see 
scope 2 .'] A mop for sweeping ovens; a mal- 
i-ff/r kin. Withals, Diet. ; M insheu. 
) . [< ME. scoute a, cliff, < Icel. gcovimte (8ko ' v ii_i t ), . [< Scoville (see def.) 
formed by projecting rocks, < 8 ^ v . fc2 -, ^ h y drou ^p ho s P hate of didymium, 
; akm to skjota, shoot: see shoot, yttrium ^ and o | her T J e ea ^ h8) found in pink- 
ish or yellowish incrustations on limonite at 
the Scoville ore-bed at Salisbury in Connecti- 
cut: probably identical with the mineral rhab- 
dophane. 
SCOVy (sko'vi), a. [Cf. scove 2 .'] Smeared or 
blotchy, as a surface unevenly painted. [Corn- 
wall, Eng.] 
A high rock. 
The skwej of the scoutes skayued [skayned ?] hym thojt. 
Sir Oawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2167. 
scout 4 t (skout), n. [Also skoutt, scute, skute, 
skut (also sclmit, schuyt, < D.); < Icel. skuta = 
Sw. skuta = Dan. skude = MD. schuyt, D. schuit, 
a small boat ; perhaps named from its quick mo- 
tion; Erom the root of Icel. skjota, etc., shoot: scow'(skou), n. [Also sometimes skow, skew; < 
see shoot, scoot 1 , scud. A similar notion ap- D. scfeoHM), a ferry-boat, punt, scow.] 1. A kind 
pears in schooner, cutter, and other names of o f i ar g e flat-bottomed boat used chiefly as a 
lighter; a pram. 2. A small boat made of 
willows, etc., and covered with skins; a ferry- 
boat. Imp. Diet. 
These Scots vsed commonlie to steale ouer into Britaine 
in leather skewes. 
Harrison, Descrip. of Britain, iv. (Holinshed'sChron.,1.). 
[< scow, .] To transport in 
vessels.] A swift Dutch sailing boat. 
Where skut's furth launched theare now the great wayn 
is entred. Stanihurst, Conceites, p. 136. (Dames.) 
It (the alicunde-tree] serues them also for boats, one of 
which cut out in proportion of a Scute will hold hundreths 
of men. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 698. 
scout 5 (skout), v. i. [A var. of scoot 1 , ult. of SOO w (skou), v. t. 
shoot (< lee\. skjota, shoot): see shoot.'] To pour a scow. 
forth a liquid forcibly; eject liquid excrement, gcowder (skou'der), v. t. Same as scouther 1 . 
[Scotch.] scowert, An obsolete form of scour 1 , scour 2 . 
SCOUt 6 (skout), . [Also written skout; an Ork- scowerert, n. An obsolete form of scourer 2 . 
ney name; < scouts, eject liquid excrement: scow-house (skou'hous), n. A scow with a 
see scout^. Cf. scoutt/-aulin.~] The guillemot, house or hut built on it ; an ark. 
[Orkneys.] SCOWkt, An obsolete form of skulk. 
SCOUter (skou'ter), n. Instone-reorking, awork- scowl 1 (skoul), v. [Early mod. E. also Seoul; 
man who uses jumpers, feathers, and wedges < ME. scoulen, scoiclen, skoulen, < Dan. skule, 
in the process of removing large projections by gc owl, cast down the eyes (cf. Dan. skiule, hide, 1K triou 
boring holes transversely in order to scale off i ce l. skolla, skulk, hold aloof), = D. schuilen, 
large flakes. 
Scoutetten's operation. 
They . . . wente their way, leaving him for dead. But 
he scrabled away when they were gone. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 363. 
2. To scramble or struggle to catch something. 
True virtue ... is in every place and in each sex of 
equal value. So is not continence, you see ; that phantom 
of honour which men in every age have so contemned, 
they have thrown it amongst the women to scrabble for. 
Vanbrugh, Provoked Wife, iii. 1. 
3. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning 
marks ; scrawl ; scribble. Imp. Diet. 
And he [David] . . . feigned himself mad in their hands 
and scrabbled [or, made marks, margin] on the doors of the 
gate. 1 Sam. xxi. 13. 
"Why should he work if he don't choose?" she asked. 
"He has no call to be scribbling and scrabbling." 
Thackeray, Adventures of Philip, vi. 
II. trans. To scrape or gather hastily : with 
up, together, or the like. 
Great gold eagles and guineas flew round the kitchen 
jest as thick as dandelions in a meadow. I tell you, she 
scrabbled them up pretty quick, and we all helped her. 
a . B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 138. 
Every spectator can see and count the thirty pieces of 
silver as they are rung down upon a stone table, and the 
laugh is loud as Judas greedily scrabbles them up one by 
one into his bag. <J. S. Hall, German Culture, p. 37. 
scrabble (skrab'l), n. [< scrabble, v. Cf. scram- 
ble, .] A moving on the hands and knees; a 
scramble. Imp. Diet. 
scrack (skrak), M. [Var. of crake 1 .'] A crake : 
as, the corn-scrack (the corn-crake, Crexpraten- 
sj's). [Local, Scotch.] 
scraffle (skraf'l), . i. [A form of scrabble or 
scramble.'] 1. To scramble; struggle; hence, 
to wrangle or quarrel. Halliirell. 2. To be 
Brockett. 3. To shuffle; 
use evasion. 
See operation. 
-,-.-' - .T < .- ,, Tr , TP use evasion. Grose. [Obsolete or provincial 
take shelter, hide, skulk, lurk, = MLG. LG. Jn a]1 uggg , 
uv,uuu CUUC ix U ut,i,i. _._... schulen, hide oneself, G. dial, schulen, hide the i / s krae) n. [Also scraqq, assibilated 
scouth (skouthj, n. [Also scowth skouth; per- eye s, look slyly ; prob. akin to Sw. Dan. skjul = "* V ^- V < 
haps <, Icel. skotha, view, look about (skothan, i ce ]. s kjdL shelter, cover: see skeal 2 . Hence oil %, , ;.-... a creat drv tree a long lean 
a viewing), = Sw. OcMa = ODan. skode, view, 6 . M ,,] i illtrms . T? lower the brows as in ^3&*&J5&w3& 
_-__--, c > 
look about; akin to E. show : see show 1 .] Room ; 
liberty to range ; scope. [Scotch.] 
If he get scouth to wield his tree, 
I fear you'll both be paid. 
Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 195). 
SCOUther 1 (skou'THer), v. t. [Also scowder, 
skoldir, overheat, scorch; origin obscure.] To 
scorch; fire hastily on a gridiron. [Scotch.] 
SCOUther 1 (skou'THer), . [< scouther 1 , v.] A 
hasty toasting; a slight scorching. [Scotch.] 
SCOUther 2 (skou'THer), n. [Also scowther; ori- 
gin obscure.] A flying shower. [Prov. Eng.] 
scqutingly (skou'ting-li), adv. Sneeringly; 
with ridicule. 
1'oreigners speak seoutingly of us. 
Annals of J'hil. and Penn., I. 243. 
SCOUt-master (skout'mas"ter), n. An officer 
who has the direction of scouts and army mes- 
sengers. 
'An admirable scout-master, and intrepid in the pursuit of 
plunder, he never commanded a brigade or took part in 
a general action. The Academy, No. 891, p. 372. 
SCOUt-watcht (skout'woch), n. [< ME. skowte- 
wacche; < scout 1 + watch.] 1. A scout or spy. 
Other f eris opon f er the freikes withoute, 
With skowte wacche for skathe & skeltyng of harme. 
. . 
anger or displeasure ; frown, or put on a frown- 
ing look ; look gloomy, severe, or angry : either 
literally or figuratively. 
Als wode lyons thai [devils] sal than fare, 
And raumpe on hym, and skoul and stare. 
Hampote, Pricke of Conscience, 1. 2225. 
She scould and frownd with froward countenaunce. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. ii. 35. 
The skies likewise began to scowle; 
It hayld and raind in pittious sort. 
Dutchess of Su/olk's Calamity (Child's Ballads, VII. 301). 
II. trans. 1. To affect with a scowl: as, to 
scowl one down or away. 2. To send with a 
scowling or threatening aspect. [Rare.] 
The louring element 
Scowls o'er the darken'd landskip snow, or shower. 
Milton, P. L., Ii 491. 
SCOWl 1 (skoul), . [Early mod. E. also scoul; 
< scowl 1 , v."] A lowering or wrinkling of the 
brows as in anger or displeasure; a look of 
anger, displeasure, discontent, or sullenness; 
a frown or frowning appearance or look. 
A ruddy storm, whose scovl 
Made heaven's radiant face look foul. 
Crashaw, Delights of the Muses, scrag 2 (skrag), 
man ; akin to Sw. dial, skrokk, anything 
kled or deformed, skrugeg, crooked, skruggug, 
wrinkled; cf. Dan. skrog, carcass, the hull of a 
ship; Icel. skroggr, a nickname of the fox, 
skroggs-ligr, lean, gaunt; Fries, skrog, a lean 
person ; prob. from tho root of Sw. skrukka, 
shrink, Norw. skrekka (pret. skrakk), shrink, 
Dan. skrugge, skrukke, stoop: see shrink and 
shrug. The Gael, sgreag, shrivel, sgrcagach, 
dry, rocky, sgreagag, a shriveled old woman, Ir. 
sgreag, a rock, are appar. unrelated : see scrag, 
shrog.] 1. A crooked branch. [Prov. Eng.] 
2. Something thin or lean, and at the same time 
rough. 3. A scraggy or scrawny person. 4. 
A scrag-whale. 
A whale, of the kind called scragg, came into the harbor, 
and continued there three days. Fisheries of U. S., V. ii. 30. 
5. A remnant, or refuse part; specifically, the 
neck, or a piece of the neck, of beef or mutton. 
They sat down with their little children to a little scrag 
of mutton and broth with the highest satisfaction. 
Fielding, Amelia, v. 3. 
scrag 1 (skrag), a. [< scrag 1 , n.] Scragged or 
scraggy : said of whales. 
By scowl of brow, by sheer thought ; by mere mental 
application : as, to work it out by scout of brow. 
/. ; pret. and pp. scragged, 
ppr. scragging. [Prob. < scrag 1 , 5, taken as 
simply 'neck' (see scrag 1 ) ; but cf. Gael, sgrog, 
-.-- e rr\ /n n rr\ O \ 1 ot\i o apynvai/ivn - a, i^r nvm-im - "& -~ ~- -v ---- Ollll K*J *WJ* I o^ f v>> wy / j MV **y " y j 
ML scowl 2 (skoul), H. [Origin obscure.] Old work- the head, side of the head, the neck (in ridi- 
2. The act of scouting or spying: as, to be in 
scout-ivatcli (that is, on duty as a scout). 
ings at the outcrop of the deposits of iron ore. 
Some of these are of large dimensions, and 
Upon lighting in the tree, this saide, this flie - are ascribed to the Romans. [Forest of Dean, 
Being in scuutwatch, a spider spiying me. Gloucestershire, Eng.] 
J. Henwood, Spider and Fly (1566). (Hares.) scow lingly (skou'ling-li), adv. In a scowling 
SCOUty-aulin (skout'i-a'lin), n. [Also scouti- manner; with lowering brows; frowningly; 
anliii, scouti-nllin, and transposed aulin-scoiiti/ ; with a sullen look. 
< "scanty, adj., < scoufi, eject liquid excre- scowp, r. i. See scoup 2 . 
ment (see scoutf), + aulin, q. v.] The arctic scowther, . See scouther 2 . 
gull, Stercorariiix i><ir<ixiliciiii. Also called dirty scoymust, a. A Middle English form of squcam- 
aiiliii, or simply aulin, also skait-bird. See ixli. 
diiliii. scr. An abbreviation of scruple, a weight. 
cule), also a hat or bonnet.] To put to death 
by hanging ; hang. [Slang.] 
" He'll come to be scragged, won't he 1 " "I don't know 
what that means," replied Oliver. "Something in this 
way, old feller," said Charley. As he said it, Master 
Bates caught up an end of his neckerchief, and holding it 
erect in the air, dropped his head on his shoulder, and 
jerked a curious sound through his teeth ; thereby indi- 
cating by a lively pantomimic representation that scrag- 
ging and hanging were one and the same thing. 
Dickens. Oliver Twist, xviii 
scragged (skrag'ed), fl. [<')';/ 1 4- -frf'-.] 1. 
Rough with irregular points or a broken sur- 
