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Scombriformes (skŏmbrĭfôrmēz), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.
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Scombroid (skŏmbroid), a. [Scomber + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. -- n. Any fish of the family Scombridæ, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type, and including the tuna (Thunnus and related genera).
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Scomfish (skŏmfĭsh or skŭm-), v. t. & i. To suffocate or stifle; to smother. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Scomfit (skŭmfĭy), n. & v. Discomfit. [Obs.]
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Scomm (skŏm), n. [L. scomma a taunt, jeer, scoff, Gr. �, fr. � to mock, scoff at.] 1. A buffoon. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
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2. A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt. [Obs.] Fotherby.
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Sconce (?), n. [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See , and cf. , a candlestick.] 1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
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No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. Milton.
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2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
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One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches. Beau. & Fl.
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3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
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I must get a sconce for my head. Shak.
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4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion. [Colloq.]
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To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel. Shak.
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5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson.
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6. [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol. above.] A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
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Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn.
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Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden.
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7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
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8. (Arch.) A squinch.
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9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane.
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10. [Perhaps a different word.] A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sconce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
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Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't. Marston.
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2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton.
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Sconcheon (?), n. (Arch.) A squinch.
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Scone (?), n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, scon, skone, skon, etc.] [Scot.] Burns.
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Scoop (?), n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. schüppe, and also to E. shove. See .] 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
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3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
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4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
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Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake.
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5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
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6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
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7. a quantity sufficient to fill a scoop; -- used especially for ice cream, dispensed with an ice cream scoop; as, an ice cream cone with two scoops.
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8. an act of reporting (news, research results) before a rival; also called a beat. [Newspaper or laboratory cant]
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9. news or information; as, what's the scoop on John's divorce?. [informal]
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Coloq. Scoop net , a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. -- Coloq. Scoop wheel , a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
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Scoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See , n.] 1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
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He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
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2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
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Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
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Scoop, v. t. to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive; as, we were scooped. Also used in certain situations in scientific research, when one scientist or team of scientists reports their results before another who is working on the same problem.
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Scooper (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, scoops.
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2. (Zoöl.) The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
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Scoot (?), v. i. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. & Humorous, U. S.]
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Scoparin (?), n. (Chem.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteïne.
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Scopate (?), a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom.] (Zoöl.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.
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-scope (�). [Gr. skopos a watcher, spy. See .] A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
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Scope (?), n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopos, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to �, � to view, and perh. to E. spy. Cf. , .] 1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. “Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope.” Spenser.
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Your scope is as mine own,
So to enforce or qualify the laws
As to your soul seems good. Shak.
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The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. Hooker.
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2. Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
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Give him line and scope. Shak.
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In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. I. Taylor.
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Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke.
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An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. Hawthorne.
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3. Extended area. [Obs.] “The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers.” Sir J. Davies.
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4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
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Scopeline (?), a. (Zoöl.) Scopeloid.
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Scopeloid (?), a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. � a headland) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Scopelidæ.
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Scopiferous (?), a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
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Scopiform (?), a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.] Having the form of a broom or besom. “Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform.” Kirwan.
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Scopiped (?; 277), n. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Scoppet (?), v. t. [From , v. t.] To lade or dip out. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Scops owl (?). [NL. scops, fr. Gr. � the little horned owl.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio).
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{ Scoptic (?), Scoptical (?), } a. [Gr. skwptikos, from skwptein to mock, to scoff at.] Jesting; jeering; scoffing. [Obs.] South.
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-- Scoptically, adv. [Obs.]
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Scopula (?), n.; pl. E. Scopulas (#), L. Scopulæ (#). [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zoöl.) (a) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. (b) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
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Scopuliped (?), n. [L. scopulae, pl., a little broom (fr. scopae a broom) + pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.
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Scopulous (?), a. [L. scopulosus, fr. scopulus a rock, Gr. �.] Full of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]
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Scorbute (?), n. [LL. scorbutus: cf. F. scorbut. See , n.] Scurvy. [Obs.] Purchas.
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{ Scorbutic (?), Scorbutical (?), } a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- Scorbutically, adv.
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Scorbutus (?), n. [LL. See .] (Med.) Scurvy.
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Scorce (?), n. Barter. [Obs.] See .
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Scorch (skôrch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrökka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skråkkla to wrinkle (see ); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. écorcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. ); because the skin falls off when scorched.] 1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
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Summer drouth or singèd air
Never scorch thy tresses fair. Milton.
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2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
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Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. Prior.
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3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
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Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. Rev. xvi. 8.
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The fire that scorches me to death. Dryden.
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Scorch, v. i. 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. Mortimer.
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2. To burn or be burnt.
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He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. Hawthorne.
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3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] -- Scorcher, n. [Colloq.]

scorcher a very hot day. [Informal]
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Scorching, a. 1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
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2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching.
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-- Scorchingly, adv. -- Scorchingness, n.
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Score (skōr), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. skåra. See .] 1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
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Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. Shak.
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2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
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He parted well, and paid his score. Shak.
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3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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But left the trade, as many more
Have lately done on the same score. Hudibras.
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You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. Dryden.
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4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
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Amongst three or four score hogsheads. Shak.
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At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores. Macaulay.
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5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. Halliwell.
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6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
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8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
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9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.
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Coloq. In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. Smart. -- Coloq. To quit scores , to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation.
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Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? South.
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Score (skōr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored (skōrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.] 1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
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Let us score their backs. Shak.
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A briar in that tangled wilderness
Had scored her white right hand. M. Arnold.
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2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
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3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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Madam, I know when,
Instead of five, you scored me ten. Swift.
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Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. Shak.
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4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] Spenser.
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5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
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6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See , n., 9.
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7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
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Score (?), v. i. 1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.
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2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally.
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3. To run up a score, or account of dues.
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4. To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest. [slang]
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5. To purchase drugs illegally. [slang]
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Scorer (?), n. One who, or that which, scores.
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Scoria (?), n.; pl. Scoriæ (#). [L., fr. Gr. �, fr. � dung, ordure.] 1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
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2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
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Scoriac (?), a. Scoriaceous. E. A. Poe.
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Scoriaceous (?), a. [Cf. F. scoriacé.] Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.
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Scorie (?), n. (Zoöl.) The young of any gull. [Written also scaurie.] [Prov. Eng.]
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Scorification (?), n. [Cf. F. scorification. See .] (Chem.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.
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Scorifier (?), n. (Chem.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.
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Scoriform (?), a. In the form of scoria.
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Scorify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scorifying (?).] [Scoria + -fy: cf. F. scorifier.] (Chem.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
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Scorious (?), a. Scoriaceous. Sir T. Browne.
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Scorn (skôrn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernōn to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
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Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak.
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And wandered backward as in scorn,
To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.
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2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.
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Every sullen frown and bitter scorn
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden.
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3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13.
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Coloq. To think scorn , to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. “He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6. -- Coloq. To laugh to scorn , to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
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Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.
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Scorn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned (skôrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See , n.] 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
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I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. Shak.
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This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton.
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We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith.
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2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
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His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer.
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To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak.
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Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See .
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