Sco"pe*line (?), a. (Zoöl.) 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 Scopelodæ, which includes many small oceanic
fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the
family Scopelidæ.
Sco*pif"er*ous (?), a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a
tuft of brushlike hairs.
Sco"pi*form (?), a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.] Having the
form of a broom or besom. "Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform." Kirwan.
Sco"pi*ped (?; 277), n. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + pes, pedis, a
foot.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scopuliped.
Scop"pet (?), v. t. [From Scoop, v. t.] To lade or dip out. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
Scops" owl` (?). [NL. scops, fr. Gr. &?; the little horned owl.]
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops
having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European
scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio).
{ Scop"tic (?), Scop"tic*al (?) }, a. [Gr. skwptiko`s, from skw`ptein
to mock, to scoff at.] Jesting; jeering; scoffing. [Obs.] South.
-- Scop"tic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
||Scop"u*la (?), n.; pl. E. Scopulas (#), L. Scopulæ (#). [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.
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.
Scop"u*lous (?), a. [L. scopulosus, fr. scopulus a rock, Gr. &?;.] Full
of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]
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.
||Scor*bu"tus (?), n. [LL. See Scorbute.] (Med.) Scurvy.
Scorce (?), n. Barter. [Obs.] See Scorse.
Scorch (skôrch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw.
skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrökka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up,
dial. Sw. skråkkla to wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by
OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. écorcher,
LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork); because
the skin falls off when scorched.] 1. To burn superficially; to parch,
or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as
changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
Summer drouth or singèd air Never scorch thy tresses fair.
Milton.
2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat;
to affect as by heat.
Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
Prior.