The scentful osprey by the rock had fished.
W. Browne.
Scent"ing*ly (?), adv. By scent. [R.] Fuller.
Scent"less, a. Having no scent.
The scentless and the scented rose.
Cowper.
||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.
Scep`ter*el"late (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of
spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
{ Scep"ter*less, Scep"tre*less }, a. Having no scepter; without
authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.
{ Scep"tic (?), Scep"tic*al, Scep"ti*cism, etc.} See Skeptic,
Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
Scep"tral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.