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Scauper (?), n. [Cf. .] A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. Fairholt.
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Scaur (?), n. A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
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Scavage (?; 48), n. [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to look at, to inspect. See .] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Cowell.
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Scavenge (?), v. t. To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley.
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2. to salvage (usable items or material) from discarded or waste material.
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3. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke.
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Scavenge (?), v. i. (Internal-combustion Engines) To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.
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Scavenger (?), n. [OE. scavager an officer with various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See , , v.] A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
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Coloq. Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. -- Coloq. Scavenger crab (Zoöl.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. -- Coloq. Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc.
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Scavenger hunt (?), n. a game in which individuals or teams are given a list of items and must go out, gather them together without purchasing them, and bring them back; the first person or team to return with the complete list is the winner. The items are sometimes common but often of a humorous sort.
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Scavenging (?), p. pr. & vb. n. of . Hence, n. (Internal-combustion Engines) Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe.
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Scazon (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. skazwn, fr. skazein to limp.] (Lat. Pros.) A choliamb.
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Scelerat (?), n. [F. scélérat from L. sceleratus, p. p. of scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a crime.] A villain; a criminal. [Obs.] Cheyne.
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Scelestic (?), a. [L. scelestus, from scelus wickedness.] Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] “Scelestic villainies.” Feltham.
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Scelet (?), n. [See .] A mummy; a skeleton. [Obs.] Holland.
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Scena (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) (a) A scene in an opera. (b) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. Rockstro.
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Scenario (?), n. [It.] A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
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Scenary (?), n. [Cf. L. scaenarius belonging to the stage.] Scenery. [Obs.] Dryden.
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Scene (?), n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh a covered place, a tent, a stage.] 1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
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2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
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3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
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My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Shak.
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4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action. “In Troy, there lies the scene.” Shak.
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The world is a vast scene of strife. J. M. Mason.
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5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
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Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! Addison.
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6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
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A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. Dryden.
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7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
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Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it. De Quincey.
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Coloq. Behind the scenes , behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.
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Scene, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
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Sceneful (?), a. Having much scenery. [R.]
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Sceneman (?), n.; pl. Scenemen (�). The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
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Scenery (?), n. 1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
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2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
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Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. W. Irving.
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Sceneshifter (?), n. One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
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{ Scenic (?), Scenical (?), } a. [L. scaenicus, scenicus, Gr. �: cf. F. scénique. See .] Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.
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All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.
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Scenograph (?), n. [See .] A perspective representation or general view of an object.
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{ Scenographic (?), Scenographical (?), } a. [Cf. F. scénographique, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective. -- Scenographically, adv.
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Scenography (?), n. [L. scaenographia, Gr. �; � scene, stage + grafein to write: cf. F. scénographie.] The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. Greenhill.
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Scent (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See .] 1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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Methinks I scent the morning air. Shak.
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2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
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Balm from a silver box distilled around,
Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. Dryden.
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Scent, v. i. 1. To have a smell. [Obs.]
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Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland.
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2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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Scent, n. 1. That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
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With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. Prior.
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2. Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
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He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. Sir W. Temple.
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3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.
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Scentful (?), a. 1. Full of scent or odor; odorous. “A scentful nosegay.” W. Browne.
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2. Of quick or keen smell.
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The scentful osprey by the rock had fished. W. Browne.
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Scentingly (?), adv. By scent. [R.] Fuller.
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Scentless, a. Having no scent.
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The scentless and the scented rose. Cowper.
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Scepsis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � doubt, fr. � to consider: cf. G. skepsis. See .] Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [R.]
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Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant. J. Martineau.
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{ Scepter, Sceptre } (?), n. [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. � a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. shaft. See , and cf. a stem, shaft.] 1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
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And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Esther v. 2.
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2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
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The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. Gen. xlix. 10.
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{ Scepter, Sceptre }, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sceptered (?) or Sceptred (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering (?) or Sceptring (�).] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
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To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. Tickell.
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Scepterellate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under .
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{ Scepterless, Sceptreless }, a. Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.
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{ Sceptic (?), Sceptical, Scepticism, etc. } See , , , etc.
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Sceptral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.
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Scern (?), v. t. To discern; to perceive. [Obs.]
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Schade (?), n. Shade; shadow. [Obs.]
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☞ English words now beginning with sh, like shade, were formerly often spelled with a c between the s and h; as, schade; schame; schape; schort, etc.
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Schah (?), n. See .
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Schappe (?), n. [G. dial. (Swiss), waste, impurity.] A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk.
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Schatchen (?), n. [Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhān, fr. shādakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade.] A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews.
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Schediasm (?), n. [Gr. � an extempore, fr. � to do offhand, � sudden, fr. � near.] Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [R.]
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Schedule (?; in England commonly ?; 277), n. [F. cédule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. � a tablet, leaf, and to L. scindere to cleave, Gr. �. See , and cf. .] A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
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