That scurvy custom of taking tobacco.
Swift.
[He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms.
Shak.
Scur"vy, n. [Probably from the same source as scorbute, but influenced
by scurf, scurfy, scurvy, adj.; cf. D. scheurbuik scurvy, G. scharbock,
LL. scorbutus. Cf. Scorbute.] (Med.) A disease characterized by livid
spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of
blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous
membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and
general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food,
and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or
confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is
incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly
prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
Scurvy grass [Scurvy + grass; or cf. Icel. skarfakl scurvy grass.]
(Bot.) A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis) growing along the
seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions. It is a remedy for
the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. The
name is given also to other allied species of plants.
Scut (?), n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. √ 159.] [Obs.] The
tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, esp.
when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. "He ran like a
scut." Skelton.
How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in
others attains no higher than a scut.
Sir T. Browne.
My doe with the black scut.
Shak.
||Scu"ta (?), n. pl. See Scutum.
Scu"tage (?; 48), n. [LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a shield.] (Eng.
Hist.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See
Escuage.
Scu"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a shield.
A good example of these scutal monstrosities.
Cussans.
Scu"tate (?), a. [L. scutatus armed with a shield, from scutum a
shield.] 1. Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
2. (Zoöl.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large
scales.
Scutch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Scutching.] [See Scotch to cut slightly.] 1. To beat or whip; to drub.
[Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to
swingle.
3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to
free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing.
Scutching machine, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; --
called also batting machine.
Scutch, n. 1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of
the burning scutch." Cuthbert Bede.
Scutch"eon (?), n. [Aphetic form of escutcheon.] 1. An escutcheon; an
emblazoned shield. Bacon.
The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax
lights, black hangings, and mutes.
Macaulay.
2. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See
Escutcheon, 4.
Scutch"eoned (?), a. Emblazoned on or as a shield.
Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old.
Lowell.
Scutch"er (?), n. 1. One who scutches.
2. An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton, etc.; a
scutch; a scutching machine.
Scutch" grass` (?). (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon).
See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Scute (?), n. [L. scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo.] 1. A small
shield. [Obs.] Skelton.
2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about
80 cents.
3. (Zoöl.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on
the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake.
||Scu*tel"la (?), n. pl. See Scutellum.
||Scu*tel"la, n.; pl. Scutellæ (#). [NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum.]
||(Zoöl.) See Scutellum, n., 2.
{ Scu"tel*late (?), Scu"tel*la`ted (?) }, a. [L. scutella a dish,
salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.] 1. (Zoöl.) Formed like a plate or
salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a
sturgeon. Woodward.
2. [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.) Having the tarsi covered with broad
transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.
Scu`tel*la"tion (?), n. (Zoöl.) The entire covering, or mode of
arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird.
Scu*tel"li*form (?), a. [L. scutella a dish + -form.] 1. Scutellate.