6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other
missiles.
Book scorpion. (Zoöl.) See under Book. -- False scorpion. (Zoöl.) See
under False, and Book scorpion. -- Scorpion bug, or Water scorpion
(Zoöl.) See Nepa. -- Scorpion fly (Zoöl.), a neuropterous insect of the
genus Panorpa. See Panorpid. -- Scorpion grass (Bot.), a plant of the
genus Myosotis. M. palustris is the forget-me-not. -- Scorpion senna
(Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub (Coronilla Emerus) having a
slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to
yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.
-- Scorpion shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See
Pteroceras. -- Scorpion spiders. (Zoöl.), any one of the Pedipalpi. --
Scorpion's tail (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus Scorpiurus,
herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called caterpillar. --
Scorpion's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Genista Scorpius)
of Southern Europe. -- The Scorpion's Heart (Astron.), the star Antares
in the constellation Scorpio.
||Scor`pi*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of arachnids
||comprising the scorpions.
||Scor`pi*o*nid"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scorpiones.
Scor"pi*on*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus
scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.
Scorse (? or ?), n. [Cf. It. scorsa a course, and E. discourse.]
Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs.]
And recompensed them with a better scorse.
Spenser.
Scorse, v. t. [Written also scourse, and scoss.] 1. To barter or
exchange. [Obs.] Spenser.