SCREAK, skr[=e]k, _v.t._ to scream: to creak.--_n._ a screech.
SCREAM, skr[=e]m, _v.i._ to cry out with a shrill cry, as in fear or pain:
to shriek.--_n._ a shrill, sudden cry, as in fear or pain: a shriek.--_n._
SCREAM'ER, one who screams: a genus of South American birds about the size
of the turkey, with loud, harsh cry: (_U.S. slang_) a bouncer.--SCREAMING
FARCE, one highly ludicrous. [Scand., Ice. _skræma_, Sw. _skrämma_, to
fear; cf. _Screech_, _Shriek_.]
SCREE, skr[=e], _n._ débris at the base of a cliff.--Also SCREES. [Ice.
_skritha_, a landslip--_skrítha_, creep.]
SCREE, skr[=e], _n._ (_Scot._) a coarse sieve.
SCREECH, skr[=e]ch, _v.i._ to utter a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.--_n._
a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.--_ns._ SCREECH'ER, the swift;
SCREECH'-HAWK, the night-jar; SCREECH'-MAR'TIN, the swift; SCREECH'-OWL, a
kind of screeching owl: the missel-thrush: the barn-owl; SCREECH'-THRUSH,
the missel-thrush.--_adj._ SCREECH'Y, shrill and harsh, like a screech:
loud-mouthed. [M. E. _scriken_--Scand., Ice. _shrækja_, to shriek; cf.
Gael. _sgreach_, to shriek.]
SCREED, skr[=e]d, _n._ a piece torn off: a shred: a long tirade: (_Scot._)
a strip of mortar: a rent, a tear.--_v.t._ to repeat glibly. [A.S.
_screáde_, a shred.]
SCREEN, skr[=e]n, _n._ that which shelters from danger or observation, that
which protects from heat, cold, or the sun: (_Scot._) a large scarf: an
enclosure or partition of wood, stone, or metal work, common in churches,
shutting off chapels from the nave, separating the nave from the choir,
&c.: a coarse riddle for sifting coal, &c.--_v.t._ to shelter or conceal:
to pass through a coarse riddle.--_n._ SCREEN'ING-MACHINE', an apparatus
for sifting coal.--_n.pl._ SCREEN'INGS, the refuse matter after sifting.
[O. Fr. _escren_ (Fr. _écran_), from Old High Ger. _scranna_, a court; Ger.
_schranne_, a bench.]
SCREEVER, skr[=e]v'[.e]r, _n._ one who writes begging letters.--_v.t._
SCREEVE, to write such.--_n._ SCREEV'ING, the writing of begging letters:
drawing with coloured chalks on the pavement for coppers.
SCREW, skr[=oo], _n._ a cylinder with a spiral groove or ridge on either
its outer or inner surface, used as a fastening and as a mechanical power:
a screw-propeller: a turn or twist to one side: a penny packet of tobacco
put up in a paper twisted at both ends: a stingy fellow, an extortioner, a
skinflint: a broken-winded horse: pressure: (_U.S. slang_) a professor who
requires students to work hard: salary, [Illustration] wages.--_v.t._ to
apply a screw to: to press with a screw: to twist: to oppress by extortion:
to force: to squeeze.--_ns._ SCREW'-BOLT, a bolt threaded at one end for a
nut; SCREW'-CUT'TER, a hand-tool for cutting screws; SCREW'-DRIV'ER, an
instrument for driving or turning screw-nails.--_adj._ SCREWED (_slang_),
tipsy, tight.--_ns._ SCREW'-EL'EVATOR, a dentist's instrument: a surgeon's
instrument for forcing open the jaws; SCREW'ER.--_adj._ SCREW'ING,
exacting: close.--_ns._ SCREW'-JACK (same as JACKSCREW); SCREW'-KEY, a
lever for turning the nut of a screw; SCREW'-MACHINE', a machine for making
screws; SCREW'-NAIL, a nail made in the form of a screw; SCREW'-PILE, a
pile forced into the ground, and held there by a peculiar kind of screw at
the lower extremity; SCREW'-PINE, a plant of the tropical genus _Pandanus_,
or of the screw-pine family--from the screw-like arrangement of the
clustered leaves; SCREW'-PLATE, a plate of steel in which are a
[Illustration] graduated series of holes, with internal screws used in
forming external screws; SCREW'-POD, the screw-bean SCREW'-PRESS, a press
in which the force is applied by means of a screw; SCREW'-PROPEL'LER, a
screw or spiral-bladed wheel at the stern of steam-vessels for propelling
them: a steamer so propelled; SCREW'-RUDD'ER, an application of the screw
for the purpose of steering; SCREW'-STAIR, a spiral staircase: a hanging
stair; SCREW'-STEAM'ER, a steamer propelled by a screw; SCREW'STONE, a
wheelstone: a fossil screw; SCREW'-THREAD, the spiral ridge on the cylinder
of a male screw, or on the inner surface of a female screw; SCREW'-VALVE, a
stop-cock opened and shut by means of a screw instead of a spigot;
SCREW'-VEN'TILATOR, a ventilating [Illustration] apparatus; SCREW'-WORM,
the larva of a blow-fly; SCREW'-WRENCH, a tool for grasping the flat sides
of the heads of large screws.--_adj._ SCREW'Y, exacting: close:
worthless.--A SCREW LOOSE, something defective. [Earlier _scrue_. O. Fr.
_escrou_, prob. L. _scrobem_, accus. of _scrobs_, a hole; or Low Ger.
_schruve_, Dut. _schroef_, Ice. _skrufa_, Ger. _schraube_.]
SCRIBBET, skrib'et, _n._ a painter's pencil.
SCRIBBLE, skrib'l, _v.t._ to scratch or write carelessly: to fill with
worthless writing.--_v.i._ to write carelessly: to scrawl.--_n._ careless
writing: a scrawl.--_ns._ SCRIBB'LER, a petty author; SCRIBB'LING, the act
of writing hastily or carelessly.--_adv._ SCRIBB'LINGLY.--_n.pl._
SCRIBB'LINGS. [A freq. of _scribe_.]
SCRIBBLE, skrib'l, _v.t._ to card roughly, as wool.--_ns._ SCRIBB'LER, a
machine for doing this, or a person who tends such; SCRIBB'LING, the first
carding of wool or cotton; SCRIBB'LING-MACHINE', a coarse form of
carding-machine. [Scand., Sw. _skrubbla_, to card.]
SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE, skrib'l-skrab'l, _n._ an ungainly fellow. [Reduplicated
from _scrabble_.]
SCRIBE, skr[=i]b, _n._ a writer: a public or official writer: a clerk,
amanuensis, secretary: (_B._) an expounder and teacher of the Mosaic and
traditional law: a pointed instrument to mark lines on wood, &c.--_v.t._ to
write: to record: to mark.--_adjs._ SCR[=I]'BABLE, capable of being written
upon; SCRIB[=A]'CIOUS, given to writing.--_n._ SCRIB[=A]'CIOUSNESS.--_adj._
SCR[=I]'BAL, pertaining to a scribe.--_ns._ SCR[=I]'BING;
SCR[=I]'BING-COM'PASS, an instrument used in saddlery and cooper-work;
SCR[=I]'BISM. [Fr.,--L. _scriba_--_scrib[)e]re_, to write.]
SCRIEVE, skr[=e]v, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to glide swiftly along. [Scand., Ice.
_skrefa_--_skref_, a stride.]
SCRIGGLE, skrig'l, _v.i._ to writhe: to wriggle.--_n._ a wriggling. [Prob.
Ice. _shrika_, to slip; Ger. _schrecken_, Dut. _schrikken_, to terrify.]
SCRIKE, skr[=i]k, _v.i._ (_Spens._) to shriek.
SCRIM, skrim, _n._ cloth used for linings.
SCRIME, skr[=i]m, _v.i._ to fence.--_n._ SCR[=I]'MER (_Shak._), a fencer.
[Fr. _escrimer_, to fence; cf. _Skirmish_.]
SCRIMMAGE, skrim'[=a]j, _n._ a skirmish: a general fight: a tussle. [Prob.
a corr. of _skirmish_.]
SCRIMP, skrimp, _v.t._ to make too small or short: to limit or shorten: to
straiten.--_adj._ short, scanty.--_adj._ SCRIMP'ED, pinched.--_adv._
SCRIMP'LY, hardly: scarcely.--_n._ SCRIMP'NESS.--_adj._ SCRIMP'Y, scanty.
[A.S. _scrimpan_; allied to _scrimman_, to shrink, and _scrincan_, to
shrivel up.]
SCRIMSHAW, skrim'shaw, _v.t._ to engrave fanciful designs on shells,
whales' teeth, &c.--_n._ any shell or the like fancifully engraved.
SCRINE, skr[=i]n, _n._ (_Spens._) a cabinet for papers, a shrine. [O. Fr.
_escrin_--L. _scrinium_, a shrine.]