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many, he proceeded to England, and was high in the favour 
of Edward II.; but it is not at all known how long he con¬ 
tinued here. Upon his return to Scotland he received the 
honour of knighthood from Alexander III., and was after¬ 
wards sent, with Michael de Wemys, to bring to Scotland 
the Maid of Norway, who, being taken ill at sea, was 
landed on one of the Orkney islands, where she died in the 
year 1299. At this time Sir Michael was probably far ad¬ 
vanced in life: he died in 1291. He was esteemed a man of 
great learning, though so much addicted to the occult sci¬ 
ences, that he passed among his contemporaries as a skilful 
magician. Boccaccio and Folengo both exhibit him as 
such; the former in one of his novels, and the latter in his 
macaronic poem; and he is introduced under the same cha¬ 
racter by Dante. A Latin translation of Aristotle’s work is 
ascribed to Sir Michael Scott, but probably upon insufficient 
evidence. There is a translation of that philosopher’s works, 
partly from the Greek and partly from the Arabic, by va¬ 
rious hands, undertaken at the command of the emperor 
Frederic II., at whose court Sir Michael resided some time; 
and as he is reported to have translated Aristotle’s Natural 
History of Animals from the Arabic version of Avicenna, it 
has been assumed that this is the only part of the work which 
should be ascribed to him. The title of the work is “ Aris- 
totelis Opera, Latine versa, partim e Graeco partim Arabico, 
per viros lectos et in utriusque Linguae prolatione peritos, 
jussu Imperatoris Frederici II. Venet. 1496.” The works 
of Sir Michael Scott are numerous, among which the fol¬ 
lowing may be mentioned: “ Physiognomia et de Hominis 
Procreatione,” &c. 
SCOTT, a county of the United States, in the north part 
of Kentucky. Population 12,419, including 3732 slaves. 
George-town is the capital. 
SCOTT, a county of the United States, in the south-west 
part of Virginia, formed in 1814, out of the counties of 
Lee, Russell and Washington. 
SCOTT, Cape, the west point of the island of Quadra 
and Vancouver. It is joined to the mainland by a narrow 
isthmus, and forms, with the islands that lie from it north 
80. W. a clear navigable channel about 3^ miles wide. 
There are a few breakers at a small distance from the cape, 
in a direction from it south 27. E. about 7 miles. Lat. 50. 
48. N. long. 231. 40. E. 
SCOTT’S Cove, a bay on the south-west coast of 
Jamaica. 
SCOTT’S FERRY, a post village of the United States, in 
Albemarle county, Virginia. 
SCOTT’S HEAD, a cape at the southern extremity of 
Dominica. Lat. 15. 20. N. long. 61. 24. W. 
SCOTT’S ISLANDS, three small and almost barren is¬ 
lands on the north-west coast of North America. They are 
situated at the entrance of Queen Charlotte’s sound, and 
have many small rocks and breakers about them. The 
westernmost of these islands is in Lat. 50. 52. N. long. 231. 
2. E. 
SCOTTER, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 8 
miles north-north-east of Gainsborough. Population 764. 
SCO'TTERING, s. A provincial word which de¬ 
notes, a custom among the boys of burning a wad of pease- 
straw at the end of harvest. 'Bailey. 
SCOTTICISM, s. A Scottish idiom. 
SCOTTON, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 7| 
miles north-east of Gainsborough. 
SCOTTON, a hamlet of England, West Riding of York¬ 
shire; 2 miles north-west of Knaresborough. 
SCOTTOW, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 3 miles 
north of Coltishall. 
SCOTTSBURG, a post village of the United States, in 
Halifax county, Virginia. 
SCOTTSVILLE, a post township of the United States, 
in Powhatan county, Virginia. 
SCO'VEL, s. [ scopa , Lat ] A sort of mop of clouts 
for sweeping an oven; a maulkin. Ainsworth. 
SCOULTON, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 4 miles 
east of Watton. 
SCO 
SCO'UNDREL, s. [scondaruolo, Italian, a hider. 
Skinner, and Johnson.—From the Sax. pconbe, disgrace. 
Serenius.] A mean rascal; a low petty villain. 
Go, if your ancient but ignoble blood 
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, 
Go, and pretend your family is young; 
Nor own your fathers have been fools so long. Pope. 
SCO'UNDREL, adj. Base; disgraceful; denoting a 
scoundrel.—He was of so scoundrel a temper, that he 
avoided ever coming into my sight. Warburton. 
SCO'UNDRELISM, s. Baseness; rascality. A bad 
word. Cotgrave. 
^ To SCOUR, v. a. [skauron, M. Goth, skuro, Su. 
Goth, skure, Danish; schuren, Dutch; escurcr, Fr. 
Serenius considers slcyr, skaer, skur, clear, bright, 
as the root. *To scur, in our old books, is sometimes 
found for scour.'] To rub hard with any thing rough, in 
order to clean the surface.—I were better to be eaten to death 
with a rust than to be scour'd to nothing with perpetual 
motion. S/takspeare. 
Part scour the rusty shields with seam, and part 
New grind the blunted ax, and point the dart. Drydcn. 
To purge violently. Vulgar. —To cleanse ; to blanch. 
—In some lakes the water is so nitrous, as if foul clothes be 
put into if, it scoureth them of itself; and, if they stay, they 
moulder away. Bacon. —A garden-worm should be well 
scoured eight days in moss, before you fish with him. 
Walton. 
Beneath the lamp her tawdry ribbons glare, 
The new scour'd manteau, and the slattern air. Gay. 
To remove by scouring. 
Never came reformation in a flood 
With such a heady current, scouring faults; 
Nor ever hydra-headed wilfulness 
So soon did lose his seat, and all at once, 
As in this king. Shakspeare. 
To range about in order to catch or drive away some¬ 
thing; to clear away.—The kings of Lacedemon having sent 
out some gallies, under the charge of one of their nephews, 
to scour the sea of the pyrates, they met us. Sidney. —To 
pass swiftly over. 
Sometimes 
He scours the right hand coast, sometimes the left. Milton, 
Not half the number in their seats are found. 
But men and steeds lie groveling on the ground; ’ 
The points of spears are stuck within the shield. 
The steeds without their riders scour the field. 
The knights unhors’d. Dryden. 
To SCOUR, v. n. To perform the office of cleaning 
domestic utensils.—I keep his house, and wash, wring, 
brew, bake, scour, dress meat, and make the beds. Shak¬ 
speare. —-To be purged or lax. Inelegant .—If you turn 
sheep into wheat or rye to feed, let it not be too rank, lest 
it make them scour. Mortimer. —To rove; to range; to 
stamper.—Barbarossa, scouring along the coast of Italy, 
struck an exceeding terror into the minds of the citizens of 
Rome. Knol/es.— To ran here and there. 
The enemy’s drum is heard, and fearful scouring 
Doth choak the air with dust. Shakspeare . 
She from him fled with all her pow’r, 
Who after her as hastily gan scour, Spenser. 
So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, 
Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace; 
Nor reins, nor curbs, nor threat’ning cries they fear, 
But force along the trembling charioteer. Dryden. 
SCO'URER, s. One that cleans by rubbing.-—A purge, 
rough and quick. Unused.— One who runs swiftly. 
Unused. 
SCOURGE, 
