SCRY, skr[=i], _v.t._ (_Spens._) to descry:--_pa.t._ scryde. [Formed by
aphæresis from _descry_.]
SCRY, skr[=i], _v.t._ (_Scot._) to proclaim.--_n._ a cry: a flock of
wild-fowl.
SCUD, skud, _v.i._ to run quickly: (_naut._) to run before the wind in a
gale: (_Scot._) to throw flat stones so as to skip along the water.--_v.t._
to skelp: (_Scot._) to slap:--_pr.p._ scud'ding; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
scud'ded.--_n._ act of moving quickly: loose, vapoury clouds driven swiftly
along: a swift runner: a beach flea: a form of garden hoe: a slap, a sharp
stroke.--_n._ SCUD'DER, one who, or that which, scuds. [Scand., Dan.
_skyde_, to shoot; cf. A.S. _scé[=o]tan_, to shoot.]
SCUDDICK, skud'ik, _n._ (_slang_) anything of small value: a
shilling.--Also SCUTT'OCK.
SCUDDLE, skud'l, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to drudge.--_v.t._ to cleanse: to
wash.--_n._ SCUD'LER, a scullion.
SCUDO, sk[=oo]'d[=o], _n._ an Italian silver coin of different values,
usually worth about 4s.: the space within the outer rim of the bezel of a
ring:--_pl._ SCU'DI. [It.,--L. _scutum_, a shield.]
SCUFF, skuf, _n._ (_prov._) a form of _scruff_ or _scuft_.
SCUFF, skuf, _v.i._ to shuffle along the ground.--_v.t._ (_Scot._) to graze
slightly. [Sw. _skuffa_, to shove.]
SCUFF, skuf, _n._ a scurf: a scale.
SCUFFLE, skuf'l, _v.i._ to struggle closely: to fight confusedly.--_n._ a
struggle in which the combatants grapple closely: any confused
contest.--_n._ SCUFF'LER, one who, or that which, scuffles. [A freq. of Sw.
_skuffa_, to shove, _skuff_, a blow.]
SCUFFY, skuf'i, _adj._ having lost the original freshness: shabby, out of
elbows, seedy.
SCUFT, skuft, _n._ (_prov._) the nape of the neck.--Also SCUFF, SCRUFF.
[Ice. _skopt_, _skoft_, the hair.]
SCULDUDDERY, skul-dud'e-ri, _n._ (_Scot._) grossness, obscenity,
bawdry.--_adj._ bawdy.
SCULK. Same as SKULK.
SCULL, skul, _n._ a short, light, spoon-bladed oar: a small boat: a
cock-boat.--_v.t._ to propel a boat with a pair of sculls or light oars by
one man--in fresh water: to drive a boat onward with one oar, worked like a
screw over the stern.--_ns._ SCULL'ER, one who sculls: a small boat rowed
by two sculls pulled by one man; SCULL'ING. [Scand.; Ice. _scál_, a hollow,
Sw. _skålig_, concave.]