SCARIDÆ, skar'i-d[=e], _n.pl._ a family of fishes including the
parrot-fish.--Also SC[=A]'RUS. [Gr. _skaros_.]
SCARIFY, skar'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to scratch or slightly cut the skin, to make
small cuts with a lancet, so as to draw blood: to loosen and stir together
the soil: to harrow the feelings:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
scar'if[=i]ed.--_ns._ SCARIFIC[=A]'TION, act of scarifying;
SCARIFIC[=A]'TOR, an instrument with several lancets for scarifying or
making slight incisions in the operation of cupping; SCAR'IFIER, one who
scarifies: an instrument used for scarifying the soil, esp. a grubber with
prongs. [Fr. _scarifier_--L. _scarific[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--Gr.
_skariphasthai_--skariphos, an etching tool.]
SCARIOUS, sk[=a]'ri-us, _adj._ (_bot._) thin, dry, membranaceous: (_zool._)
scaly, scurfy.
SCARITID, skär'i-tid, _adj._ pertaining to carabid beetles of _Scarites_ or
related genera.
SCARLATINA, skär-la-t[=e]'na, _n._ a dangerous and highly-contagious fever,
so named from the scarlet rash or eruption which accompanies it--also
SCAR'LET-F[=E]VER.--_adjs._ SCARLATI'NAL, SCARLATI'NOUS.
SCARLET, skär'let, _n._ a bright-red colour: scarlet cloth.--_adj._ of the
colour called scarlet: dressed in scarlet.--_v.t._ to redden.--_ns._
SCAR'LET-AD'MIRAL, the red-admiral, a butterfly; SCAR'LET-BEAN, the
scarlet-runner; SCAR'LET-F[=E]'VER, a contagious febrile disease (see
SCARLATINA); SCAR'LET-HAT, a cardinal's hat; SCAR'LET-LIGHT'NING, the
scarlet lychnis: the red valerian; SCAR'LET-RUN'NER, a bean with scarlet
flowers which runs up any support; SCAR'LET-SNAKE, a bright-red harmless
snake of the southern states of the American Union; SCAR'LET-T[=I]'GER, a
British moth; SCAR'LET-WOM'AN, the woman referred to in Rev. xvii. 4,
5--Pagan Rome, Papal Rome, or a personification of the World in its
anti-Christian sense. [O. Fr. _escarlate_ (Fr. _écarlate_), through Low L.
_scarlatum_--Pers. _saqal[=a]t_, scarlet cloth.]
SCARMAGE, skär'm[=a]j, _n._ (_Spens._) same as Skirmish.--Also SCAR'MOGE.