Scase"ly (?), adv. Scarcely; hardly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Robynson (More's
Utopia)
Scat (skt), 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.
Scatch"es (?), n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. échasses, fr. D. schaats a
high-heeled shoe, a skate. See Skate, for the foot.] Stilts. [Prov.
Eng.]
Scate (skt), n. See Skate, for the foot.
Scat"e*brous (?), a. [L. scatebra a gushing up of water, from scatere
to bubble, gush.] Abounding with springs. [Obs.]
Scath (skth; 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 (sk; 277), Scath (skth; 277) }, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed
(skd or sktht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (sk"ng or skth"-).] [Icel.
skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan, sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G.
schaden, OHG. scadn, 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.
Scath"ful (?), a. Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak.
-- Scath"ful*ness, n.
Scath"less, a. Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.
He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless.
Sir W. Scott.