Scabbard plane
Scab"bard plane See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard.

Scabbedness
Scab´bed•ness, n. Scabbiness.

Scabbily
Scab´bi•ly, adv. In a scabby manner.

Scabbiness
Scab´bi•ness, n. The quality or state of being scabby.

Scabble
Scab´ble, v. t. See Scapple.

Scabious
Sca´bi•ous, a. [L. scabiosus, from scabies the scab: cf. F. scabieux.] Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as scabious eruptions. Arbuthnot.

Scabious
Sca´bi•ous, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected. Sweet scabious. (a) Mourning bride. (b) A daisylike plant ( Erigeron annuus) having a stout branching stem.

Scabrous
Sca´brous, a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F. scabreux.]
1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. Arbuthnot.
2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]
"His verse is scabrous and hobbling." Dryden.

Scabrousness
Sca´brous•ness, n. The quality of being scabrous.

Scabwort
Scab´wort, n. (Bot.) Elecampane.

Scad, n. [Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small carangoid fish ( Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b) The goggler; — called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. (c) The friar skate. [Scot.] (d) The cigar fish, or round robin.

Scaffoldage
Scaf´fold•age, n. A scaffold. [R.] Shak.

Scaffolding
Scaf´fold•ing, n.
1. A scaffold; a supporting framework; as the scaffolding of the body. Pope.
2. Materials for building scaffolds.

Scaglia
Scagl´ia, n. [It. scaglia a scale, a shell, a chip of marble.] A reddish variety of limestone.

Scagliola
Scagl•io´la, n. [It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia.] An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.

Scalable
Scal´a•ble, a. Capable of being scaled. { Sca•lade´, Sca•la´do }, n. (Mil.) See Escalade. Fairfax.

Scalaria
Sca•la´ri•a, n. [L., flight of steps.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.

Scalary
Sca´la•ry, a. [L. scalaris, fr. scalae, pl. scala, staircase, ladder.] Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Scalawag
Scal´a•wag, n. A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Scald, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. echauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.]
1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as to scald the hand.
"Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead." Shak.
"Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall." Cowley.
2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as to scald milk or meat.

Scald, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.

Scald, a. [For scalled. See Scall.]
1. Affected with the scab; scabby. Shak.
2. Scurvy; paltry; as scald rhymers. [Obs.] Shak. Scald crow (Zoöl.), the hooded crow. [Ireland] — Scald head (Med.), a name popularly given to several diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair.

Scald, n. Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser.

Scald (skald or skald; 277), n. [Icel. skald.] One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.]
"A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons." Sir W. Scott.

Scalder
Scald´er, n. A Scandinavian poet; a scald.

Scaldfish
Scald´fish, n. [ Scald, a. + fish.] (Zoöl.) A European flounder ( Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); — called also megrim, and smooth sole.

Scaldic
Scald´ic, a. Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as scaldic poetry.

Scale (skal), n. [AS. scale; perhaps influenced by the kindred Icel. skal balance, dish, akin also to D. schaal a scale, bowl, shell, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. skaal drinking cup, bowl, dish, and perh. to E. scale of a fish. Cf. Scale of a fish, Skull the brain case.]
1. The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as to turn the scale; — chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
"Long time in even scale The battle hung." Milton.
"The scales are turned; her kindness weighs no more Now than my vows." Waller.
2. pl. (Astron.) The sign or constellation Libra. Platform scale. See under Platform.

Scale, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scaled p. pr. & vb. n. Scaling.] To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also to grade or vary according to a scale or system.
"Scaling his present bearing with his past." Shak. Toscale, or scale down, a debt, wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.]

Scale, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell, Dan. skiael a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale, shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. ecaille scale of a fish, and ecale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See Shale.]
1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
"Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, Glide under the green wave." Milton.
2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as a scale of iron, of bone, etc.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.
4. (Zoöl.) A scale insect. (See below.)
5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.
6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.
8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe₃O₄. also a similar coating upon other metals. Covering scale (Zoöl.), a hydrophyllium. — Ganoid scale. (Zoöl.) See under Ganoid. — Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth. — Scale beetle (Zoöl.), the tiger beetle. — Scale carp (Zoöl.), a carp having normal scales. — Scale insect (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small hemipterous insects belonging to the family Coccidae, in which the females, when adult, become more or less scalelike in form. They are found upon the leaves and twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do great damage to fruit trees. See Orange scale,under Orange. — Scale moss (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order Hepaticae; — so called from the small imbricated scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica, 2, and Jungermannia.

Scale, v. t.
1. To strip or clear of scale or scales; as to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.
2. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. "If all the mountains were scaled, and the earth made even." T. Burnet.
3. To scatter; to spread. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
4. (Gun.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. Totten.

Scale, v. i.
1. To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as some sandstone scales by exposure.
"Those that cast their shell are the lobster and crab; the old skins are found, but the old shells never; so it is likely that they scale off." Bacon.
2. To separate; to scatter. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Scale, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.]
1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.]
2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. Specifically: (a) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter’s scale. (b) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan. (c) A basis for a numeral system; as the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc. (d) (Mus.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; — called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
3. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as a scale of being.
"There is a certain scale of duties … which for want of studying in right order, all the world is in confusion." Milton.
4. Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as a map on a scale of an inch to a mile. Scale of chords, a graduated scale on which are given the lengths of the chords of arcs from 0° to 90° in a circle of given radius, — used in measuring given angles and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees.

Scale, v. t. [Cf. It. scalare, fr. L. scalae, scala. See Scale a ladder.] To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as to scale the wall of a fort.
"Oft have I scaled the craggy oak." Spenser.

Scale, v. i. To lead up by steps; to ascend. [Obs.]
"Satan from hence, now on the lower stair, That scaled by steps of gold to heaven-gate, Looks down with wonder." Milton.

Scaleback
Scale´back, n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.

Scaleboard
Scale´board ( commonly ), n. [3d scale + board.]
1. (Print.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. [Obs.] Crabb.
2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.

Scaled, a.
1. Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; — said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
2. Without scales, or with the scales removed; as scaled herring.
3. (Zoöl.) Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as the scaled dove. Scaled dove (Zoöl.), any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.

Scaleless
Scale´less, a. Destitute of scales.

Scalene
Sca•lene´, a. [L. scalenus, Gr. : cf. F. scalène.]
1. (Geom.) (a) Having the sides and angles unequal; — said of a triangle. (b) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.
2. (Anat.) (a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. Scalene muscles (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebrae to the first and second ribs.

Scalene
Sca•lene´, n. (Geom.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.

Scalenohedral
Sca•le•no•he´dral (ska•le•no•he"dr al), a. (Crystallog.) Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.

Scalenohedron
Sca•le•no•he´dron (-dron), n. [Gr. skalhno•s uneven + "e•dra seat, base.] (Crystallog.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.

Scaler
Scal´er, n. One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist’s instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.

Scale-winged
Scale´-winged, a. (Zoöl.) Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.

Scaliness
Scal´i•ness, n. The state of being scaly; roughness.

Scaling
Scal´ing (skal"ing), a.
1. Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
2. Serving as an aid in clambering; as a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.

Scaliola
Scal•io´la, n. Same as Scagliola.

Scalled, a. Scabby; scurfy; scall. [Obs.] "With scalled brows black." Chaucer. Scalled head. (Med.) See Scald head, under Scald, a.

Scalloping
Scal´lop•ing, n. Fishing for scallops.

Scalp (skalp), n. [Cf. Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]

Scalp, n. [Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. Scallop.]
1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
"By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd’s fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction!" Shak.
2. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
3. Fig.: The top; the summit. Macaulay. Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.

Scalp, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scalped p. pr. & vb. n. Scalping.]
1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
"We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]." J. S. Wells.
3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Knight.

Scalp, v. i. To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; — said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. [Cant]

Scalpel
Scal´pel (skal"pel), n. [L. scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.] (Surg.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, — used by surgeons, and in dissecting.

Scalper (skalp"er), n.
1. One who, or that which, scalps.
2. (Surg.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
3. A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. [Cant]
4. A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets. [Cant]

Scaly
Scal´y, a.
1. Covered or abounding with scales; as a scaly fish. "Scaly crocodile." Milton.
2. Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
3. Mean; low; as a scaly fellow. [Low]
4. (Bot.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as a scaly stem. Scaly ant-eater (Zoöl.), the pangolin.

Scaly-winged
Scal´y-winged, a. (Zoöl.) Scale-winged.

Scamble
Scam´ble, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scambled p. pr. & vb. n. Scambling.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]
1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. "Some scambling shifts." Dr. H. More. "A fine old hall, but a scambling house." Evelyn.
2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. "The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of … question." Shak.

Scamble
Scam´ble, v. t. To mangle. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Scambler
Scam´bler, n. 1. One who scambles.
2. A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor. [Scot.]

Scamblingly
Scam´bling•ly, adv. In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness. { Scam´ell, or Scam´mel }, n. (Zoöl.) The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare ["Tempest," ii. 2] is not known.

Scamillus
Sca•mil´lus, n. ; pl. Scamilli (#). [L., originally, a little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool.] (Arch.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.

Scammoniate
Scam•mo´ni•ate, a. Made from scammony; as a scammoniate aperient.

Scammony
Scam´mo•ny (skam"mo•ny), n. [F. scammonee, L. scammonia, scammonea, Gr. skammwni•a.]
1. (Bot.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus ( C. Scammonia).
2. An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.

Scamp (skamp), n. [OF. escamper to run away, to make one’s escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper.] A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey.

Scamp, v. t. [Cf. Scamp, n. , or Scant, a. , and Skimp.] To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.]
"A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner." Wedgwood.
"Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute." T. Hughes.

Scamper
Scam´per, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scampered p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering.] [OF. escamper to escape, to save one’s self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n. , Shamble, v. t.] To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. Macaulay.
"The lady, however, … could not help scampering about the room after a mouse." S. Sharpe.

Scamper
Scam´per, n. A scampering; a hasty flight.

Scamperer
Scam´per•er, n. One who scampers. Tyndell.

Scampish
Scamp´ish, a. Of or like a scamp; knavish; as scampish conduct.

Scan (skan), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scanned (skand); p. pr. & vb. n. Scanning.] [L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. Ascend, Descend, Scale a ladder.]
1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.]
"Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand." Spenser.
2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.
3. To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.
"The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted." Atterbury.

Scandalize
Scan´dal•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scandalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing .] [F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali•zein.]
1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
"I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things." Hooker.
"The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated." Sir W. Scott.
2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
"To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order." Sir W. Scott.

Scandalously
Scan´dal•ous•ly, adv.
1. In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
"His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station." Swift.
2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
"Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice, Will needs mistake an author into vice." Pope.

Scandalousness
Scan´dal•ous•ness, n. Quality of being scandalous.

Scandalum magnatum
Scan"da•lum mag•na"tum [L., scandal of magnates.] (Law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; — usually abbreviated scan. mag.

Scandent
Scan´dent, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of scandere to climb.] Climbing. Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy.

Scandia
Scan´di•a, n. [NL. See Scandium.] (Chem.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

Scandinavian
Scan•di•na´vi•an, a. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. — n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.

Scandium
Scan´di•um, n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals ( euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.

Scansion
Scan´sion, n. [L. scansio, fr. scandere, scansum, to climb. See Scan.] (Pros.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

Scantily
Scant´i•ly, adv. In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
"His mind was very scantily stored with materials." Macaulay.

Scantiness
Scant´i•ness, n. Quality or condition of being scanty.

Scantle
Scan´tle, v. i. [Dim. of scant, v.] To be deficient; to fail. [Obs.] Drayton.

Scantle
Scan´tle, v. t. [OF. escanteler, eschanteler, to break into contles; pref. es- (L. ex) + cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece. Confused with E. scant. See Cantle.] To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. [Obs.]
"All their pay Must your discretion scantle; keep it back." J. Webster.

Scantling
Scant´ling, a. [See Scant, a. ] Not plentiful; small; scanty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Scantling
Scant´ling, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. echantillon, a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See Scantle, v. t.]
1. A fragment; a bit; a little piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample. [Obs.]
"Such as exceed not this scantling; — to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people." Bacon.
"A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years." Milton. (b) A small quantity; a little bit; not much. [Obs.]
"Reducing them to narrow scantlings." Jer. Taylor.
2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
5. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. Knight.

Scantness
Scant´ness, n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. "Scantness of outward things." Barrow.

Scanty
Scant´y, a. [ Compar. Scantier superl. Scantiest.] [From Scant, a. ]
1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
"His dominions were very narrow and scanty." Locke.
"Now scantier limits the proud arch confine." Pope.
2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
"In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words." I. Watts.
Syn. — Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging.

Scapegallows
Scape´gal•lows, n. One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Scapegoat
Scape´goat, n. [ Scape (for escape) + goat.]
1. (Jewish Antiq.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 10.
2. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. Tennyson.

Scapegrace
Scape´grace, n. A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield.

Scapeless
Scape´less, a. (Bot.) Destitute of a scape.

Scapement
Scape´ment, n. [See Scape, v. , Escapement.] Same as Escapement, 3.

Scaphander
Sca•phan´der, n. [Gr.,, anything hollowed +,, a man: cf. F. scaphandre.] The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.

Scaphism
Scaph´ism, n. [Gr. ska•fh a trough.] An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.

Scaphite
Scaph´ite, n. [L. scapha a boat, fr. Gr. ska•fh a boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr. ska•ptein to dig.] (Paleon.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Scaphocephalic
Scaph•o•ce•phal´ic, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.

Scaphocephaly
Scaph•o•ceph´a•ly, n. [Gr. ska•fh a boat + kefalh• head.] (Anat.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

Scaphocerite
Scaph•o•ce´rite, n. [Gr. ska•fh boat + E. cerite.] (Zoöl.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.

Scaphognathite
Sca•phog´na•thite, n. [Gr. ska•fh boat + gna•qos jaw.] (Zoöl.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

Scaphoid
Scaph´oid ( 277), a. [Gr. ska•fh a boat + -oid: cf. F. scaphoïde.] (Anat.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped. — n. The scaphoid bone. Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular.

Scaphopoda
Sca•phop´o•da, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska•fh a boat + -poda.] (Zoöl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.

Scapiform
Sca´pi•form, a. (Bot.) Resembling a scape, or flower stem.

Scapolite
Scap´o•lite (skap"o•lit), n. [Gr. a staff, or L. scapus a stem, stalk + -lite: cf. F. scapolite.] (Mon.) A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda. The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.

Scapple
Scap´ple (skap"p’l), v. t. [Cf. OF. eskapeler, eschapler, to cut, hew, LL. scapellare. Cf. Scabble.] (a) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry. (b) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone. Gwilt.

Scapular
Scap´u•lar, a. [Cf. F. scapulaire. Cf. Scapulary.] Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder. Scapular arch (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral. — Scapular region, or Scapular tract (Zoöl.), a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise.

Scapular
Scap´u•lar, n. (Zoöl.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back. { Scap´u•lar, Scap´u•la•ry }, n. [F. scapulaire, LL. scapularium, scapulare, fr. L. scapula shoulder blade.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons. (b) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion. Addis & Arnold.
2. (Surg.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.

Scapulary
Scap´u•la•ry, a. Same as Scapular, a.

Scapulary
Scap´u•la•ry, n. (Zoöl.) Same as 2d and 3d Scapular.

Scapulo-
Scap´u•lo- . A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.

Scapus
Sca´pus, n. [L.] See 1st Scape.

Scarabaeus
Scar•a•bae´us, n. [L.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scarab.

Scarabaeus
Scar•a•bae´us, n. (Egypt. Archaeol.) A conventionalized representation of a beetle, with its legs held closely at its sides, carved in natural or made in baked clay, and commonly having an inscription on the flat underside.

Scaraboid
Scar´a•boid, a. [ Scarab + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.

Scaraboid
Scar´a•boid, n. (Zoöl.) A scaraboid beetle.

Scaramouch
Scar´a•mouch, n. [F. scaramouche, It. scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of a celebrated Italian comedian; cf. It. scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. Skirmish.] A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.

Scard, n. A shard or fragment. [Obs.]

Scare, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scared p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
"The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost." Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. — To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]
Syn. — To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.

Scare, n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]

Scarecrow
Scare´crow, n.
1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.
"A scarecrow set to frighten fools away." Dryden.
2. A person clad in rags and tatters.
"No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I’ll not march with them through Coventry, that’s flat." Shak.
3. (Zoöl.) The black tern. [Prov. Eng.]

Scarefire
Scare´fire, n.
1. An alarm of fire. [Obs.]
2. A fire causing alarm. [Obs.] Fuller.

Scarf (skärf), n. [Icel. skarfr.] A cormorant. [Scot.]

Scarf, n. ; pl. Scarfs, rarely Scarves (skärvz). [Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim’s scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. echarpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. skiaerf; Sw. skärp, Prov. G. schärfe, LG. scherf, G. schärpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf.] An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also a cravat; a neckcloth.
"Put on your hood and scarf." Swift.
"With care about the banners, scarves, and staves." R. Browning.

Scarf, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarfed p. pr. & vb. n. Scarfing.]
1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. "My sea-gown scarfed about me." Shak.
2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. Shak.

Scarf, v. t. [Sw. skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; cf. Dan. skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icel. skara to clinch the planks of a boat, G. scharben to chop, to cut small.] (a) To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc. (b) To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

Scarf, n. (a) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece. (b) A scarf joint. Scarf joint (a) A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere. (b) A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc. — Scarf weld. See under Weld.

Scarificator
Scar´i•fi•ca•tor, n. [Cf. F. scarificateur.] (Surg.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.

Scarifier
Scar´i•fi•er, n.
1. One who scarifies.
2. (Surg.) The instrument used for scarifying.
3. (Agric.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface.
"You have your scarifiers to make the ground clean." Southey.

Scarify
Scar´i•fy, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarified p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying ] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. to scratch up, fr. a pointed instrument.]
1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.
2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field. { Sca´ri•ose, Sca´ri•ous }, a. [F. scarieux, NL. scariosus. Cf. Scary.] (Bot.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green. Gray.

Scarlet
Scar´let, n. [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. ecarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirlat.] A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, — of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
"All her household are clothed with scarlet." Prov. xxxi. 21.

Scarlet
Scar´let, a. Of the color called scarlet; as a scarlet cloth or thread. Scarlet admiral (Zoöl.), the red admiral. See under Red. — Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ( Phaseolus multiflorus) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner. — Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day. — Scarlet fish (Zoöl.), the telescope fish; — so called from its red color. See under Telescope. — Scarlet ibis (Zoöl.) See under Ibis. — Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple. — Scarlet mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects. — Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak ( Quercus coccinea) of the United States; — so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn. — Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean. — Scarlet tanager. (Zoöl.) See under Tanager.

Scarlet
Scar´let, v. t. To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.]
"The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath." Ford. { Scar´mage, Scar´moge }, n. A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish. [Obs.]
"Such cruel game my scarmoges disarms." Spenser.

Scarp, n. [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

Scarp, n. [Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1. (Fort.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.

Scarp, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarped p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
"From scarped cliff and quarried stone." Tennyson.
"Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain." Emerson.

Scarry
Scar´ry, a. Bearing scars or marks of wounds.

Scarry
Scar´ry, a. [See 4th Scar.] Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars. Holinshed.

Scat (skat), interj. Go away; begone; away; — chiefly used in driving off a cat. { Scat, Scatt }, n. [Icel. skattr.] Tribute. [R.] "Seizing scatt and treasure." Longfellow.

Scat, n. A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Scatch, n. [F. escache.] A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; — called also scatchmouth. Bailey.

Scatches
Scatch´es, n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. echasses, fr. D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See Skate, for the foot.] Stilts. [Prov. Eng.]

Scath (skath; 277), n. [Icel. skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. ’askhqh•s unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v. ] Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.]
"But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe." Chaucer.
"Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath." Spenser.
"Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction." Shak. { Scathe (skath; 277), Scath (skath; 277) }, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scathed (skathd or skatht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (skath"ing or skath"-).] [Icel. skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan, sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadon, Goth. skaþjan.] To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
"As when heaven’s fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines." Milton.
"Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul." W. Irving.

Scathless
Scath´less, a. Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.
"He, too, … is to be dismissed scathless." Sir W. Scott.

Scathly
Scath´ly, a. Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]

Scatter
Scat´ter, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scattered p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.]
1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.
"And some are scattered all the floor about." Chaucer.
"Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?" Dryden.
"Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy." Prior.
2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
"Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths." Shak.
3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
Syn. — To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.

Scatter
Scat´ter, v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as clouds scatter after a storm.

Scatter-brain
Scat´ter-brain, n. A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]

Scatter-brained
Scat´ter-brained, a. Giddy; thoughtless.

Scattered
Scat´tered, a.
1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as scattered leaves. — Scat´tered•ly, adv. — Scat´tered•ness, n.

Scattergood
Scat´ter•good, n. One who wastes; a spendthrift.

Scattering
Scat´ter•ing, a. Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as scattering votes.

Scattering
Scat´ter•ing, n. Act of strewing about; something scattered. South.

Scatteringly
Scat´ter•ing•ly, adv. In a scattering manner; dispersedly.

Scatterling
Scat´ter•ling, n. [ Scatter + -ling.] One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond. [Obs.] "Foreign scatterlings." Spenser.

Scaturient
Sca•tu´ri•ent, a. [L. scaturiens, p. pr. of scaturire gush out, from scatere to bubble, gush.] Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. [R.]
"A pen so scaturient and unretentive." Sir W. Scott.

Scaturiginous
Scat•u•rig´i•nous, a. [L. scaturiginosus, fr. scaturigo gushing water. See Scaturient.] Abounding with springs. [Obs.]

Scavage
Scav´age ( 48), n. [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to look at, to inspect. See Show.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Cowell.

Scavenger
Scav´en•ger, n. [OE. scavager an officer with various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage, Show, v. ] A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. — Scavenger crab (Zoöl.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. — Scavenger’s daughter [corrupt. of Skevington’s daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc.

Scelerat
Scel´er•at, n. [F. scelerat from L. sceleratus, p. p. of scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a crime.] A villain; a criminal. [Obs.] Cheyne.

Scelestic
Sce•les´tic, a. [L. scelestus, from scelus wickedness.] Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] "Scelestic villainies." Feltham.

Scelet
Scel´et, n. [See Skeleton.] A mummy; a skeleton. [Obs.] Holland.

Scenario
Sce•na´ri•o, n. [It.] A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

Scenary
Scen´a•ry, n. [Cf. L. scaenarius belonging to the stage.] Scenery. [Obs.] Dryden.

Scene, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh• a covered place, a tent, a stage.]
1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as an act of four scenes.
"My dismal scene I needs must act alone." Shak.
4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." Shak.
"The world is a vast scene of strife." J. M. Mason.
5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
"Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!" Addison.
6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
"A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn." Dryden.
7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
"Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it." De Quincey. Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.

Scene, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.

Sceneful
Scene´ful, a. Having much scenery. [R.]

Sceneman
Scene´man, n. ; pl. Scenemen . The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.

Scenery
Scen´er•y, n.
1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
"Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery." W. Irving.

Sceneshifter
Scene´shift•er, n. One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman. { Scen´ic, Scen´ic•al }, a. [L. scaenicus, scenicus, Gr. : cf. F. scenique. See Scene.] Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.
"All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically." De Quincey.

Scent, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as to scent game, as a hound does.
"Methinks I scent the morning air." Shak.
2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
"Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground." Dryden.

Scent, v. i.
1. To have a smell. [Obs.]
"Thunderbolts … do scent strongly of brimstone." Holland.
2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Scent, n.
1. That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
"With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial." Prior.
2. Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
"He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia." Sir W. Temple.
3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.

Scentful
Scent´ful, a.
1. Full of scent or odor; odorous. "A scentful nosegay." W. Browne.
2. Of quick or keen smell.
"The scentful osprey by the rock had fished." W. Browne.

Scentingly
Scent´ing•ly, adv. By scent. [R.] Fuller.

Scentless
Scent´less, a. Having no scent.
"The scentless and the scented rose." Cowper.

Scepsis
Scep´sis, n. [NL., from Gr. doubt, fr. to consider: cf. G. skepsis. See Skeptic.] Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [R.]
"Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant." J. Martineau. { Scep´ter, Scep´tre }, n. [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. shaft. See Shaft, and cf. Scape a stem, shaft.]
1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
"And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand." Esther v. 2.
2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as to assume the scepter.
"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come." Gen. xlix. 10. { Scep´ter, Scep´tre }, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sceptered or Sceptred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering or Sceptring .] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
"To Britain’s queen the sceptered suppliant bends." Tickell.

Scern, v. t. To discern; to perceive. [Obs.]

Schade, n. Shade; shadow. [Obs.] English words now beginning with sh, like shade, were formerly often spelled with a c between the s and h; a. , schade; schame; schape; schort, etc.

Schah, n. See Shah.

Schatchen
Schat´chen, n. [Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhan, fr. shadakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade.] A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews.

Schediasm
Sche´di•asm, n. [Gr. an extempore, fr. to do offhand, sudden, fr. near.] Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [R.]

Schedule
Sched´ule ( in England commonly 277), n. [F. cedule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. a tablet, leaf, and to L. scindere to cleave, Gr. . See Schism, and cf. Cedule.] A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
Syn. — Catalogue; list; inventory. see List.

Schedule
Sched´ule, v. t. To form into, or place in, a schedule.

Scheele’s green
Scheele’s" green [See Scheelite.] (Chem.) See under Green.

Scheelite
Scheel´ite, n. [From C.W. Scheele, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.) Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.

Scheelium
Schee´li•um, n. [NL. From C.W. Scheele, who discovered it.] (Chem.) The metal tungsten. [Obs.]

Scheik (shek or shak), n. See Sheik.

Schema
Sche´ma, n. ; pl. Schemata (#), E. Schemas (#). [G. See Scheme.] (Kantian Philos.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.

Schematism
Sche´ma•tism, n. [Cf. F. schematisme (cf. L. schematismos florid speech), fr. Gr., fr. to form. See Scheme.]
1. (Astrol.) Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.
2. Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement. [R.]

Schematize
Sche´ma•tize, v. i. [Cf. F. schematiser, Gr. .] To form a scheme or schemes.

Scheme, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr.,, form, shape, outline, plan, fr.,, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]
1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
"The appearance and outward scheme of things." Locke.
"Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity." Atterbury.
"Arguments … sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy." J. Edwards.
"The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life." Macaulay.
2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as to form a scheme.
"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes." Swift.
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
"To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France." South.
4. (Astrol.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
"A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity." Sir W. Scott.
Syn. — Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot. — Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect.
"He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; ’T is fixed, ’t is done, and both are doomed to death." Rowe.
"Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers." Prior.

Scheme, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Schemed p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
"That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction." G. Stuart.

Scheme, v. i. To form a scheme or schemes.

Schemeful
Scheme´ful, a. Full of schemes or plans.

Schemer
Schem´er, n. One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
"Schemers and confederates in guilt." Paley.

Scheming
Schem´ing, a. Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. — Schem´ing•ly, adv.

Schemist
Schem´ist, n. A schemer. [R.] Waterland.

Schene, n. [L. schoenus, Gr. a rush, a reed, a land measure: cf. F. schène.] (Antiq.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.

Schenkbeer
Schenk´beer, n. [G. schenkbier; schenken to pour out + bier beer; — so called because put on draught soon after it is made.] A mild German beer.

Scherbet
Scher´bet, n. See Sherbet.

Scherzo
Scher´zo, n. [It.] (Mus.) A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.

Schesis
Sche´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr., fr.,, to have or hold. See Scheme.]
1. General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude. [Obs.] Norris.
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. Crabb. { Schet´ic, Schet´ic•al }, a. [Cf. Gr. holding back.] Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Schiller
Schil´ler, n. [G., play of colors.] (Min.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin. Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.

Schillerization
Schil•ler•i•za´tion, n. (Min.) The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.

Schilling
Schil´ling, n. [G. See Shilling.] Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.

Schirrhus
Schir´rhus, n. See Scirrhus.

Schist (shist), n. [Gr. divided, divisible, fr. to divide: cf. F. schiste. See Schism.] (Geol.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Schistic
Schist´ic, a. Schistose. { Schis•tose´ ( 277), Schist•ous }, a. [Cf. F. schisteux.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.

Schistosity
Schis•tos´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. schistosite.] (Geol.) The quality or state of being schistose.

Schizo-
Schiz´o- [Gr. to split, cleave.] A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.

Schizocarp
Schiz´o•carp, n. [ Schizo- + Gr. fruit.] (Bot.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.

Schizocœle
Schiz"o•cœle, n. [ Schizo- + Gr. hollow.] (Anat.) See Enterocœle.

Schizogenesis
Schiz•o•gen´e•sis, n. [ Schizo- + genesis.] (Biol.) Reproduction by fission. Haeckel.

Schizognath
Schiz´og•nath, n. [See Schizognathous.] (Zoöl.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate.

Schizognathism
Schi•zog´na•thism, n. (Zoöl.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate.

Schizognathous
Schi•zog´na•thous, a. [ Schizo- + Gr. the jaw.] (Zoöl.) Having the maxillo- palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.

Schizomycetes
Schiz•o•my•ce´tes, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. to split +, -, a fungus.] (Biol.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.

Schizopelmous
Schiz•o•pel´mous, a. [ Schizo- + Gr. pe•lma the sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.

Schizophyte
Schiz´o•phyte, n. [ Schizo- + Gr. a plant.] (Biol.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.

Schizopod
Schiz´o•pod ( 277), n. (Zoöl.) one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively. { Schiz´o•pod ( 277), Schi•zop´o•dous }, a. Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.

Schizopoda
Schi•zop´o•da, n. pl., [NL. See Schizo-, and -poda.] (Zoöl.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.

Schlich, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. slich.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also slich, slick.]

Schmelze
Schmel´ze, n. [G. schmelz, schmelzglas.] A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.

Schnapps, n. [G., a dram of spirits.] Holland gin. [U.S.]

Schneiderian
Schnei•de´ri•an, a. (Anat.) Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century. Schneiderian membrane, the mucous membrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane.

Schnorrer
Schnor´rer, n. [Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr. schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.] Among the Jews, a beggar.

Schoharie grit
Scho•har"ie grit (Geol.) The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; — so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.

Scholarlike
Schol´ar•like, a. Scholarly. Bacon.

Scholarly
Schol´ar•ly, a. Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as a scholarly essay or critique. — adv. In a scholarly manner.

Scholarship
Schol´ar•ship, n.
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
"A man of my master’s … great scholarship." Pope.
2. Literary education. [R.]
"Any other house of scholarship." Milton.
3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. T. Warton.
Syn. — Learning; erudition; knowledge.

Scholastic
Scho•las´tic, a. [L. scholasticus, Gr., fr. to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from leisure, a lecture, a school: cf. F. scholastique, scolastique. See School.]
1. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. Sir K. Digby.
2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. Locke.
3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.

Scholastic
Scho•las´tic, n.
1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. Milton.
2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit.

Scholastically
Scho•las´tic•al•ly, adv. In a scholastic manner.

Scholasticism
Scho•las´ti•cism, n. The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
"The spirit of the old scholasticism … spurned laborious investigation and slow induction." J. P. Smith.

Scholia
Scho´li•a, n. pl. See Scholium.

Scholiaze
Scho´li•aze, v. i. [Cf. Gr. .] To write scholia. [Obs.] Milton.

Scholical
Schol´ic•al, a. [L. scholicus, Gr., fr. . See School.] Scholastic. [Obs.] Hales.

Scholium
Scho´li•um, n. ; pl. L. Scholia (#), E. Scholiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr., fr. . See School.]
1. A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
2. A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.

School, n. [For shoal a crowd; prob. confused with school for learning.] A shoal; a multitude; as a school of fish.

School, n. [OE. scole, AS. sclu, L. schola, Gr. leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation, lecture, a school, probably from the same root as, the original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See Scheme.]
1. A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as the school of the prophets.
"Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus." Acts xix. 9.
2. A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as a primary school; a common school; a grammar school.
"As he sat in the school at his primer." Chaucer.
3. A session of an institution of instruction.
"How now, Sir Hugh! No school to- day?" Shak.
4. One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning.
"At Cambridge the philosophy of Descartes was still dominant in the schools." Macaulay.
5. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.
6. An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.
"What is the great community of Christians, but one of the innumerable schools in the vast plan which God has instituted for the education of various intelligences?" Buckminster.
7. The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc.
"Let no man be less confident in his faith … by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians." Jer. Taylor.
8. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as he was a gentleman of the old school.
"His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools." A. S. Hardy.
9. Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as the school of experience. Boarding school, Common school, District school, Normal school, etc. See under Boarding, Common, District, etc. — High school, a free public school nearest the rank of a college. [U. S.] — School board, a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accommodation for all children in their district. — School committee, School board, an elected committee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, town, or city, and responsible for control of the money appropriated for school purposes. [U. S.] — School days, the period in which youth are sent to school. — School district, a division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. [U.S.] — Sunday school, orSabbath school, a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.

School, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Schooled p. pr. & vb. n. Schooling.]
1. To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.
"He’s gentle, never schooled, and yet learned." Shak.
2. To tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic discipline; to train.
"It now remains for you to school your child, And ask why God’s Anointed be reviled." Dryden.
"The mother, while loving her child with the intensity of a sole affection, had schooled herself to hope for little other return than the waywardness of an April breeze." Hawthorne.

Schoolboy
School´boy, n. A boy belonging to, or attending, a school.

Schooldame
School´dame n. A schoolmistress.

Schoolery
School´er•y, n. Something taught; precepts; schooling. [Obs.] Spenser.

Schoolfellow
School´fel•low, n. One bred at the same school; an associate in school.

Schoolgirl
School´girl, n. A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.

Schoolhouse
School´house, n. A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction.

Schooling
School´ing, n.
1. Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.
2. Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as he gave his son a good schooling. Sir W. Scott.
3. Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.

Schooling
School´ing, a. [See School a shoal.] (Zoöl.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.
"Schooling species like the herring and menhaden." G. B. Goode.

Schoolmaid
School´maid, n. A schoolgirl. Shak.

Schoolman
School´man, n. ; pl. Schoolmen . One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity. The schoolmen were philosophers and divines of the Middle Ages, esp. from the 11th century to the Reformation, who spent much time on points of nice and abstract speculation. They were so called because they taught in the mediaeval universities and schools of divinity.

Schoolmaster
School´mas•ter, n.
1. The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.
"Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, — a person less imposing, — in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array." Brougham.
2. One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.
"The law was our schoolmaster, to bring us unto Christ." Gal. iii. 24.

Schoolmate
School´mate, n. A pupil who attends the same school as another.

Schoolmistress
School´mis•tress, n. A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.

Schoolroom
School´room, n. A room in which pupils are taught.

Schoolship
School´ship, n. A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. also a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.

School-teacher
School´-teach•er, n. One who teaches or instructs a school. — School´-teach•ing, n.

Schoolward
School´ward, adv. Toward school. Chaucer.

Schooner
Schoon´er, n. [See the Note below. Cf. Shun.] (Naut.) Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and- aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four- masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. The first schooner ever constructed is said to have been built in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about the year 1713, by a Captain Andrew Robinson, and to have received its name from the following trivial circumstance: When the vessel went off the stocks into the water, a bystander cried out,"O, how she scoons!" Robinson replied, " A scooner let her be;" and, from that time, vessels thus masted and rigged have gone by this name. The word scoon is popularly used in some parts of New England to denote the act of making stones skip along the surface of water. The Scottish scon means the same thing. Both words are probably allied to the Icel. skunda, skynda, to make haste, hurry, AS. scunian to avoid, shun, Prov. E. scun. In the New England records, the word appears to have been originally written scooner. Babson, in his "History of Gloucester," gives the following extract from a letter written in that place Sept. 25, 1721, by Dr. Moses Prince, brother of the Rev. Thomas Prince, the annalist of New England: "This gentleman (Captain Robinson) was first contriver of schooners, and built the first of that sort about eight years since."

Schooner
Schoon´er, n. [D.] A large goblet or drinking glass, — used for lager beer or ale. [U.S.]

Schorl (shôrl), n. [G. schörl; cf. Sw. skörl.] (Min.) Black tourmaline. [Written also shorl.]

Schorlaceous
Schor•la´ceous, a. Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.

Schorlous
Schorl´ous, a. Schorlaceous.

Schorly
Schorl´y>, a. Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as schorly granite. { Schot´tish, Schot´tische },, n. [F. schottish, schotisch from G. schottisch Scottish, Scotch.] A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also the music for such a dance; — not to be confounded with the ecossaise.

Schreibersite
Schrei´bers•ite, n. [Named after Carl von Schreibers, of Vienna.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.

Schrode, n. See Scrod.

Schwann’s white substance
Schwann’s white" sub"stance (Anat.) The substance of the medullary sheath.

Schwanpan
Schwan´pan, n. Chinese abacus.

Schweitzerkäse
Schweit"zer•kä"se, n. [G. schweizerkäse Swiss cheese.] Gruyère cheese. { Schwenk´feld•er, Schwenk´feld•i•an }, n. A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.

Sciaenoid
Sci•ae´noid, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.

Sciagraph
Sci´a•graph, n. [See Sciagraphy.]
1. (Arch.) An old term for a vertical section of a building; — called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.
2. (Phys.) A radiograph. [Written also skiagraph.]

Sciagraphy
Sci•ag´ra•phy, n. [Gr., fr. drawing in light and shade; a shadow + to delineate, describe: cf. F. sciagraphie.]
1. The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature. Gwilt.
2. (Arch.) Same as Sciagraph.

Sciagraphy
Sci•ag´ra•phy, n. (Physics) Same as Radiography.

Sciatica
Sci•at´i•ca, n. [NL.] (Med.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.

Sciatically
Sci•at´ic•al•ly, adv. With, or by means of, sciatica.

Scibboleth
Scib´bo•leth, n. Shibboleth. [Obs.]

Science
Sci´ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, -entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. Conscience, Conscious, Nice.]
1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
"If we conceive God’s sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, … his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass." Hammond.
"Shakespeare’s deep and accurate science in mental philosophy." Coleridge.
2. Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
"All this new science that men lere [teach]." Chaucer.
"Science is … a complement of cognitions, having, in point of form, the character of logical perfection, and in point of matter, the character of real truth." Sir W. Hamilton.
3. Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; — called also natural science, and physical science.
"Voltaire hardly left a single corner of the field entirely unexplored in science, poetry, history, philosophy." J. Morley.
4. Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind. The ancients reckoned seven sciences, namely, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; — the first three being included in the Trivium, the remaining four in the Quadrivium.
"Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." Pope.
5. Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
"His science, coolness, and great strength." G. A. Lawrence. Science is applied or pure. Applied science is a knowledge of facts, events, or phenomena, as explained, accounted for, or produced, by means of powers, causes, or laws. Pure science is the knowledge of these powers, causes, or laws, considered apart, or as pure from all applications. Both these terms have a similar and special signification when applied to the science of quantity; as the applied and pure mathematics. Exact science is knowledge so systematized that prediction and verification, by measurement, experiment, observation, etc., are possible. The mathematical and physical sciences are called the exact sciences. Comparative sciences, Inductive sciences. See under Comparative, and Inductive.
Syn. — Literature; art; knowledge. — Science, Literature, Art. Science is literally knowledge, but more usually denotes a systematic and orderly arrangement of knowledge. In a more distinctive sense, science embraces those branches of knowledge of which the subject-matter is either ultimate principles, or facts as explained by principles or laws thus arranged in natural order. The term literature sometimes denotes all compositions not embraced under science, but usually confined to the belles-lettres. [See Literature.] Art is that which depends on practice and skill in performance. "In science, scimus ut sciamus; in art, scimus ut producamus. And, therefore, science and art may be said to be investigations of truth; but one, science, inquires for the sake of knowledge; the other, art, for the sake of production; and hence science is more concerned with the higher truths, art with the lower; and science never is engaged, as art is, in productive application. And the most perfect state of science, therefore, will be the most high and accurate inquiry; the perfection of art will be the most apt and efficient system of rules; art always throwing itself into the form of rules." Karslake.

Science
Sci´ence, v. t. To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct. [R.] Francis.

Scient
Sci´ent, a. [L. sciens, - entis, p. pr.] Knowing; skillful. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Scienter
Sci•en´ter, adv. [L.] (Law) Knowingly; willfully. Bouvier.

Sciential
Sci•en´tial, a. [LL. scientialis, fr. L. scientia.] Pertaining to, or producing, science. [R.] Milton.

Scientific
Sci•en•tif´ic, a. [F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.]
1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.
2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.
3. Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
"Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his sentences." Landor. Scientific method, the method employed in exact science and consisting of: ( a) Careful and abundant observation and experiment. ( b) generalization of the results into formulated "Laws" and statements.

Scientifical
Sci•en•tif´ic•al, a. Scientific. Locke.

Scientifically
Sci•en•tif´ic•al•ly, adv. In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science.
"It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed." Locke.

Scientist
Sci´en•tist, n. One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. [Recent] Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our vocabulary. B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).

Scilicet
Scil´i•cet, adv. [L., fr. scire licet you may know.] To wit; namely; videlicet; — often abbreviated to sc., or ss.

Scillain
Scil´la•in, n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from squill ( Scilla) as a light porous substance.

Scillitin
Scil´li•tin, n. [Cf. F. scilitine.] (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill ( Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances. { Scim´i•ter, Scim´i•tar }, n. [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimshir.]
1. 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.]
2. 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.

Scink, n. (Zoöl.) A skink.

Scink, n. A slunk calf. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Scintilla
Scin•til´la, n. [L.] A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. R. North.

Scintillant
Scin´til•lant, a. [L. scintillans, p. pr. of scintillare to sparkle. See Scintillate.] Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. M. Green.

Scintillous
Scin´til•lous, a. Scintillant. [R.]

Scintillously
Scin´til•lous•ly, adv. In a scintillant manner. [R.]

Sciography
Sci•og´ra•phy, n. See Sciagraphy.

Sciolous
Sci´o•lous, a. [L. scilus, dim. of scius knowing, fr. scire to know. See Science.] Knowing superficially or imperfectly. Howell.

Sciomancy
Sci´o•man•cy, n. [Gr. a shadow + -mancy: cf. F. sciomance, sciamancie.] Divination by means of shadows.

Scion
Sci´on, n. [OF. cion, F. scion, probably from scier to saw, fr. L. secare to cut. Cf. Section.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker. (b) A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting. [Formerly written also cion, and cyon.]
2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as a scion of a royal stock.

Scioptric
Sci•op´tric, a. (Opt.) Scioptic.

Sciot
Sci´ot, a. Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios). — n. A native or inhabitant of Scio. [Written also Chiot.]

Sciotheric
Sci•o•ther´ic, a. [Cf. L. sciothericon a sundial. See Sciatheric.] Of or pertaining to a sundial. Sciotheric telescope (Dialing), an instrument consisting of a horizontal dial, with a telescope attached to it, used for determining the time, whether of day or night.

Scire facias
Sci•re fa"ci•as (si•re fa"shi•as). [L., do you cause to know.] (Law) A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated. Wharton. Bouvier.

Scirrhoid
Scir´rhoid (skir"roid), a. [ Scirrhus + -oid.] Resembling scirrhus. Dunglison.

Scirrhosity
Scir•rhos´i•ty (skir•ros"i•ty), n. (Med.) A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous.

Scirrhous
Scir´rhous (skir"rus), a. [NL. scirrhosus.] (Med.) Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. [Written also skirrhous.]

Scirrhus
Scir´rhus, n. ; pl. L. Scirrhi (#), E. Scirrhuses (#). [NL., from L. scirros, Gr.,, fr.,, hard.] (Med.) (a) An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated gland. [Obs.] (b) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised. [Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also skirrhus.]

Sciscitation
Scis•ci•ta´tion, n. [L. sciscitatio, fr. sciscitari to inquire, from sciscere to seek to know, v. incho. from scire to know.] The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Scise, v. i. [L. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] To cut; to penetrate. [Obs.]
"The wicked steel scised deep in his right side." Fairfax.

Scissel
Scis´sel, n. [Cf. Scissile.]
1. The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
2. The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.

Scissil
Scis´sil, n. See Scissel.

Scissiparity
Scis•si•par´i•ty, n. [L. scissus (p. p. of scindere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. scissiparite.] (Biol.) Reproduction by fission.

Scissor
Scis´sor, v. t. To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger.

Scissors
Scis´sors, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F. ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr. L. caedere to cut. Cf. Chisel, Concise. The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors. [Formerly written also cisors, cizars, and scissars.] Scissors grinder (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

Scissors-tailed
Scis´sors-tailed, a. (Zoöl.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

Scissure
Scis´sure, n. [L. scissura, from scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. Hammond.

Scitamineous
Scit•a•min´e•ous ( 277), a. [NL. scitamineosus, fr. Scitamineae, fr. L. scitamentum a delicacy, dainty.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ( Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.

Sciurine
Sci´u•rine ( 277), a. [Cf. F. sciurien. See Sciurus.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family. — n. A rodent of the Squirrel family.

Sciuromorpha
Sci•u•ro•mor´pha, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. sciurus squirrel + Gr. morfh• form.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.

Sciurus
Sci•u´rus, n. [L., a squirrel, Gr. . See Squirrel.] (Zoöl.) A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.

Sclaundre
Sclaun´dre, n. Slander. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Sclav, Sclave }, n. Same as Slav.

Scleragogy
Scler´a•go•gy, n. [Gr. ; hard + a leading or training.] Severe discipline. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Sclerema
Scle•re´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro•s hard.] (Med.) Induration of the cellular tissue. Sclerema of adults. See Scleroderma. — Sclerema neonatorum [NL., of the newborn], an affection characterized by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal. Called also skinbound disease.

Sclerenchyme
Scle•ren´chyme, n. Sclerenchyma.

Scleriasis
Scle•ri´a•sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Med.) (a) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. (b) Induration of any part, including scleroderma.

Sclerite
Scle´rite (skle"rit), n. (Zoöl.) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

Scleritis
Scle•ri´tis (skle•ri"tis), n. [NL.] See Sclerotitis.

Scleroderma
Scler•o•der´ma, n. [NL.] (Med.) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.

Sclerodermata
Scler•o•der´ma•ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria. { Scler•o•der´mic, Scler•o•der´mous }, (Zoöl.) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.

Sclerodermite
Scler•o•der´mite, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The hard integument of Crustacea. (b) Sclerenchyma.

Sclerogen
Scler´o•gen, n. [Gr. sklhro•s hard + -gen.] (Bot.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.

Sclerogenous
Scle•rog´e•nous, a. [Gr. sklhro•s hard + -genous.] (Anat.) Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.

Scleroid
Scle´roid, a. [Gr. ; sklhro•s hard + form.] (Bot.) Having a hard texture, as nutshells.

Scleroma
Scle•ro´ma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro•s hard + -oma.] (Med.) Induration of the tissues. See Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.

Sclerosed
Scle•rosed´, a. Affected with sclerosis.

Sclerosis
Scle•ro´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (, fr. sklhro•s hard.]
1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Called also multiple, disseminated, or insular, sclerosis.

Scleroskeleton
Scle•ro•skel´e•ton, n. [Gr. sklhro•s hard + E. skeleton.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.

Sclerotal
Scle•ro´tal, a. (Anat.) Sclerotic. — n. The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye. Owen.

Sclerotic
Scle•rot´ic, a. [Gr. sklhro•s hard: cf. F. sclerotique.]
1. Hard; firm; indurated; — applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed. Sclerotic parenchyma (Bot.), sclerenchyma. By some writers a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.

Sclerotic
Scle•rot´ic, n. [Cf. F. sclerotique.] (Anat.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).

Sclerotic
Scle•rot´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.

Sclerotical
Scle•rot´ic•al, a. (Anat.) Sclerotic.

Sclerotitis
Scler•o•ti´tis, n. [NL. See Sclerotic, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the sclerotic coat.

Sclerotome
Scler´o•tome (skler"o•tom or skler"o•tom), n. [Gr. sklhro•s hard + te•mnein to cut.] (Zoöl.) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes. — Scler•o•tom´ic (#), a.

Sclerous
Scle´rous, a. [Gr. .] (Anat.) Hard; indurated; sclerotic.

Scoat, v. t. To prop; to scotch. [Prov. Eng.]

Scobby
Scob´by, n. The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]

Scobiform
Scob´i•form, a. [L. scobs, or scobis, sawdust, scrapings + -form: cf. F. scobiforme.] Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.

Scobs, n. sing. & pl. [L. scobs, or scobis, fr. scabere to scrape.]
1. Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance. Chambers.
2. The dross of metals.

Scoff ( 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.]
1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
"With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts." Shak.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
"The scoff of withered age and beardless youth." Cowper.

Scoff, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scoffed ( 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoffing.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude, Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See Scoff, n. ] To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; — often with a. .
"Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray." Goldsmith.
"God’s better gift they scoff at and refuse." Cowper.
Syn. — To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See Sneer.

Scoff, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
"To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest." Glanvill.

Scoffer
Scoff´er, n. One who scoffs. 2 Pet. iii. 3.

Scoffery
Scoff´er•y, n. The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. Holinshed.

Scoffingly
Scoff´ing•ly, adv. In a scoffing manner. Broome.

Scoke, n. (Bot.) Poke ( Phytolacca decandra).

Scolay
Sco•lay´, v. i. See Scoley. [Obs.]

Scolder
Scold´er, n.
1. One who scolds.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The oyster catcher; — so called from its shrill cries. (b) The old squaw. [Local U.S.]

Scolding
Scold´ing, a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. See Brank, n. , 2.

Scole, n. School. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Scolecida
Sco•le´ci•da, n. pl. [NL. See Scolex.] (Zoöl.) Same as Helminthes.

Scolecomorpha
Sco•le•co•mor´pha, n. pl. [NL. See Scolex, -morphous.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scolecida.

Scolithus
Scol´i•thus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. skw•lhx a worm + li•qos a stone.] (Paleon.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

Scollop
Scol´lop, n. & v. See Scallop.

Scolopendra
Scol•o•pen´dra, n. [L., a kind of multiped, fr. Gr. .]
1. (Zoöl.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
2. A sea fish. [R.] Spenser.

Scolytid
Scol´y•tid, n. [Gr. to cut short.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.

Scomber
Scom´ber, n. [L., a mackerel, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.

Scomberoid
Scom´ber•oid, a. & n. [Cf. F. scomberoïde.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scombroid.

Scombroid
Scom´broid (skom"broid), a. [ Scomber + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. — n. Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel ( Scomber) is the type.

Scomfish
Scom´fish (skom"fish or skum"- ), v. t. & i. To suffocate or stifle; to smother. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Scomfit
Scom´fit (skum"fiy), n. & v. Discomfit. [Obs.]

Scomm (skom), n. [L. scomma a taunt, jeer, scoff, Gr., fr. to mock, scoff at.]
1. A buffoon. [Obs.] L’Estrange.
2. A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt. [Obs.] Fotherby.

Sconce, n. [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf. Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.]
1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
"No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted." Milton.
2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
"One that … must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches." Beau. & Fl.
3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
"I must get a sconce for my head." Shak.
4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also brains; sense; discretion. [Colloq.]
"To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel." Shak.
5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson.
6. [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol. above.] A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
"Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several- colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them." Evelyn.
"Golden sconces hang not on the walls." Dryden.
7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
8. (Arch.) A squinch.
9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane.
10. [Perhaps a different word.] A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.]

Sconce, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sconced p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.]
1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
"Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in ’t." Marston.
2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton.

Scone, n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, scon, skone, skon, etc.] [Scot.] Burns.

Scoop, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. schüppe, and also to E. shove. See Shovel.]
1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
"Some had lain in the scoop of the rock." J. R. Drake.
5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. Scoop net, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. — Scoop wheel, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.

Scoop, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scooped p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n. ]
1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
"He scooped the water from the crystal flood." Dryden.
2. To empty by lading; as to scoop a well dry.
3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
"Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint." Arbuthnot.

Scoop, n. A beat. [Newspaper Slang]

Scoop, v. t. To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival). [Newspaper Slang]

Scooper
Scoop´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, scoops.
2. (Zoöl.) The avocet; — so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.

Scoot, v. i. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. & Humorous, U. S.]

Scoparin
Sco´pa•rin, n. (Chem.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom ( Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteïne.

Scopate
Sco´pate, a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom.] (Zoöl.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.

Scope, n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo•s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to, to view, and perh. to E. spy. Cf. Skeptic, Bishop.]
1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. "Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope." Spenser.
"Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or qualify the laws As to your soul seems good." Shak.
"The scope of all their pleading against man’s authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church." Hooker.
2. Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
"Give him line and scope." Shak.
"In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of." I. Taylor.
"Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind." Burke.
"An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope." Hawthorne.
3. Extended area. [Obs.] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." Sir J. Davies.
4. Length; extent; sweep; as scope of cable.

Scopeloid
Sco´pe•loid, a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. a headland) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. — n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Scopelidae.

Scopiferous
Sco•pif´er•ous, a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.

Scopiform
Sco´pi•form, a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.] Having the form of a broom or besom. "Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform." Kirwan.

Scopiped
Sco´pi•ped ( 277), n. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scopuliped.

Scopula
Scop´u•la, n. ; pl. E. Scopulas (#), L. Scopulae (#). [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zoöl.) (a) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. (b) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.

Scopuliped
Scop´u•li•ped, n. [L. scopulae, pl., a little broom (fr. scopae a broom) + pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.

Scopulous
Scop´u•lous, a. [L. scopulosus, fr. scopulus a rock, Gr. .] Full of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]

Scorbute
Scor´bute, n. [LL. scorbutus: cf. F. scorbut. See Scurvy, n. ] Scurvy. [Obs.] Purchas. { Scor•bu´tic, Scor•bu´tic•al }, a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. — Scor•bu´tic•al•ly, adv.

Scorching
Scorch´ing, a. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. — Scorch´ing•ly, adv. — Scorch´ing•ness, n.

Score (skor), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. skåra. See Shear.]
1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
"Whereas before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used." Shak.
2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
"He parted well, and paid his score." Shak.
3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
"But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score." Hudibras.
"You act your kindness in Cydaria’s score." Dryden.
4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl. , a large number.
"Amongst three or four score hogsheads." Shak.
"At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores." Macaulay.
5. A distance of twenty yards; — a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. Halliwell.
6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; — so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. Moore (Encyc. of Music).In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. Smart. — To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation.
"Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it?" South.

Score (skor), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scored (skord); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
"Let us score their backs." Shak.
"A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand." M. Arnold.
2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as to score a tally.
3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
"Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me ten." Swift.
"Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score." Shak.
4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] Spenser.
5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n. , 9.
7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

Score, v. i.
1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.
2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.
3. To run up a score, or account of dues.

Scorer
Scor´er, n. One who, or that which, scores.

Scoria
Sco´ri•a, n. ; pl. Scoriae (#). [L., fr. Gr., fr. dung, ordure.]
1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.

Scoriac
Sco´ri•ac, a. Scoriaceous. E. A. Poe.

Scoriaceous
Sco•ri•a´ceous, a. [Cf. F. scoriace.] Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

Scorie
Sco´rie, n. (Zoöl.) The young of any gull. [Written also scaurie.] [Prov. Eng.]

Scorification
Sco•ri•fi•ca´tion, n. [Cf. F. scorification. See Scorify.] (Chem.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as the scorification of ores.

Scoriform
Sco´ri•form, a. In the form of scoria.

Scorify
Sco´ri•fy, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scorified p. pr. & vb. n. Scorifying ] [ Scoria + -fy: cf. F. scorifier.] (Chem.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.

Scorn (skôrn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernon to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.]
1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
"Scorn at first makes after love the more." Shak.
"And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an aeon to be born." Emerson.
2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.
"Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn." Dryden.
3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
"Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us." Ps. xliv. 13.To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." Esther iii. 6. — To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
Syn. — Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.

Scorn, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scorned (skôrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n. ]
1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
"I scorn thy meat; ’t would choke me." Shak.
"This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste." Milton.
"We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful." C. J. Smith.
2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
"His fellow, that lay by his bed’s side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast." Chaucer.
"To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously." Shak.
Syn. — To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.