SCARP, skärp, _n._ (_her._) a diminutive of the bend sinister, half its
width: (_obs._) a shoulder-belt. [O. Fr. _escarpe_, escharpe: cf. _Scarf_
(1).]
SCARP, skärp, _n._ (_fort._) any steep slope (same as Escarp).--_v.t._ to
cut down a slope so as to render it impassable.--_adj._ SCARPED. [O. Fr.
_escarpe_--It. _scarpa_--Old High Ger. _scharf_; cf. _Sharp_.]
SCARPINES, skär'pinz, _n.pl._ an instrument of torture resembling the boot.
[Fr. _escarpins_, shoes.]
SCARRED, skärd, _adj._ marked by scars.--_n._ SCAR'RING, a scar: a
mark.--_adj._ SCAR'RY, bearing or pertaining to scars: having scars.
SCART, skärt, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to scratch: to scrape.--_n._ a slight wound:
a dash or stroke: a niggard: a poor-looking creature.--_adj._ SCART'-FREE.
SCARUS, sk[=a]'rus, _n._ a genus of fishes including the parrot-wrasses.
[_Scaridæ_.]
SCARY, sk[=a]r'i, _adj._ causing fright: timid: fluttered.
SCAT, SCATT, skat, _n._ a tax in the Shetland Islands.--_ns._ SCAT'HOLD,
open ground for pasture; SCAT'LAND, land which paid duty for rights of
pasture and peat. [A.S. _sceat_, a coin; Dut. _schat_, Ger. _schatz_.]
SCAT, skat, _interj._ be off!--_v.t._ to scare away.
SCAT, skat, _n._ (_prov._) a brisk shower of rain.--_adj._ SCAT'TY,
showery. [Prob. conn. with _scud_.]