SCOWL, skowl, _v.i._ to wrinkle the brows in displeasure: to look sour or
angry: to look gloomy.--_n._ the wrinkling of the brows when
displeased.--_p.adj._ SCOW'LING.--_adv._ SCOW'LINGLY. [Scand., Dan.
_skule_, to scowl; Low Ger. _schulen_, to look slyly.]
SCOWL, skowl, _n._ (_prov._) old workings of iron ore.
SCOWTHER, SCOUTHER, skow'th[.e]r, _n._ (_prov._) a flying shower.
SCRAB, skrab, _n._ a crab-apple.
SCRABBLE, skrab'l, _v.i._ to scrape or make unmeaning marks, to scrawl: to
scramble or crawl along with difficulty.--_v.t._ to gather hastily.--_n._ a
scramble.--_v.t._ SCRAB, to scratch, to scrape.--SCRABBED EGGS, a dish of
hard-boiled eggs chopped up and seasoned. [A form of _scrapple_, freq. of
_scrape_.]
SCRAFFLE, skraf'l, _v.i._ to scramble: to wrangle: to be industrious: to
shuffle. [A form of _scrabble_ or _scramble_.]
SCRAG, skrag, _n._ anything thin or lean and rough: the bony part of the
neck.--_v.t._ to put to death by hanging.--_adjs._ SCRAG'GED, SCRAG'GY,
lean and rough: uneven, rugged.--_ns._ SCRAG'GEDNESS, SCRAG'GINESS.--_adv._
SCRAG'GILY.--_adjs._ SCRAG'GLY, rough-looking; SCRAG'-NECKED, having a
long, thin neck.--_n._ SCRAG'-WHALE, a finner whale, having the back
scragged. [Scand., Sw. prov. _shraka_, a tall tree or man, _shrokk_,
anything shrivelled--Norw. _skrekka_, to shrink.]
SCRAICH, SCRAIGH, skr[=a]h, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to scream hoarsely: to
screech, to shriek.--_n._ SCRAICH. [Gael. _sgreach_.]
SCRAMB, skramb, _v.t._ (_prov._) to scrape together with the hands. [A
variant of _scramp_.]
SCRAMBLE, skram'bl, _v.i._ to struggle to seize something before others: to
catch at or strive for rudely: to wriggle along on all-fours.--_v.t._ to
throw down to be scrambled for: to advance or push.--_n._ act of
scrambling: a struggle for office.--_n._ SCRAM'BLER.--_adj._ SCRAM'BLING,
confused and irregular.--_adv._ SCRAM'BLINGLY, in a scrambling manner:
irregularly: unceremoniously. [Prov. Eng. _scramb_, to rake together with
the hands, or _scramp_, to snatch at; nearly allied to _scrabble_ and
_scrape_.]