2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton.

Scon"cheon (?), n. (Arch.) A squinch.

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.

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