Scorse Scorse intransitive verb To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Scortatory Scor"ta·to·ry adjective [ Latin scortator a fornicator, from scortari to fornicate, scortum a prostitute.] Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.

Scot Scot noun A name for a horse. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Scot Scot noun [ Confer Latin Skoti , plural, Anglo-Saxon Scotta , plural Skottas , Sceottas .] A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.

Scot Scot noun [ Icelandic skot ; or Old French escot , French écot , Late Latin scottum , scotum , from a kindred German word; akin to Anglo-Saxon scot , and English shot , shoot ; confer Anglo-Saxon sceótan to shoot, to contribute. See Shoot , and confer Shot .] A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot. Scot and lot , formerly, a parish assessment laid on subjects according to their ability. [ Eng.] Cowell. Now, a phrase for obligations of every kind regarded collectivelly.

Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along.

Emerson.

Scot-free Scot"-free" [ ?], adjective Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.

Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free .

Sir W. Scott.

Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland.

A. Lang.

Scotal, Scotale Scot"al, Scot"ale noun [ Scot + ale .] (O. Eng. Law) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.

Scotch Scotch adjective [ Confer Scottish .] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. Scotch broom (Botany) , the Cytisus scoparius . See Broom . -- Scotch dipper , or Scotch duck (Zoology) , the bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal , and Scotchman . -- Scotch fiddle , the itch. [ Low] Sir W. Scott. -- Scotch mist , a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. -- Scotch nightingale (Zoology) , the sedge warbler. [ Prov. Eng.] -- Scotch pebble . See under pebble . -- Scotch pine (Botany) See Riga fir . -- Scotch thistle (Botany) , a species of thistle ( Onopordon acanthium ); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch.

Scotch Scotch noun 1. The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. 2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.

Scotch Scotch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scotched ; present participle & verbal noun Scotching .] [ Confer Prov. English scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a prop, ascoter to prop, French accoter , also Armor. skoaz the shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W. ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Confer Scoat .] [ Written also scoatch , scoat .] To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.

Scotch Scotch noun A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.

Scotch Scotch transitive verb [ Probably the same word as scutch ; confer Norw. skoka , skoko , a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to English shake .] To cut superficially; to wound; to score.

We have scotched the snake, not killed it.

Shak. Scotched collops (Cookery) , a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also Scotch collops . [ Written also scotcht collops .]

Scotch Scotch noun A slight cut or incision; a score. Walton.

Scotch rite Scotch rite (Freemasonry) The ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems , called in full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite.

Scotch terrier Scotch terrier (Zoology) One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair.

Scotch-hopper Scotch"-hop`per noun Hopscotch.

Scotching Scotch"ing noun (Masonry) Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.

Scotchman Scotch"man noun ; plural Scotchmen 1. A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman. 2. (Nautical) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Scoter Sco"ter noun [ Confer Prov. English scote to plow up.] (Zoology) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia . » The European scoters are Oidemia nigra , called also black duck , black diver , surf duck ; and the velvet, or double, scoter ( O. fusca ). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ( O. Deglandi ), called also velvet duck , white-wing , bull coot , white-winged coot ; the black scoter ( O. Americana ), called also black coot , butterbill , coppernose ; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ( O. perspicillata ), called also baldpate , skunkhead , horsehead , patchhead , pishaug , and spectacled coot . These birds are collectively called also coots . The females and young are called gray coots , and brown coots .

Scoth Scoth transitive verb To clothe or cover up. [ Obsolete]

Scotia Sco"ti·a noun [ Latin , from Greek skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Architecture) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Scotia Sco"ti·a noun [ Latin ] Scotland [ Poetic]

O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil!

Burns.

Scotist Sco"tist noun (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus , the Franciscan scholastic ( d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists , or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

Scotograph Scot"o·graph noun [ Greek sko`tos darkness + -graph .] An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing. Maunder.

Scotoma Sco·to"ma noun [ Latin ] (Medicine) Scotomy.

Scotomy Scot"o·my noun [ New Latin scotomia , from Greek ... dizziness, from ... to darken, from sko`tos darkness: confer French scotomie .] 1. Dizziness with dimness of sight. [ Obsolete] Massinger. 2. (Medicine) Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

Scotoscope Sco"to·scope noun [ Greek sko`tos darkness + -scope .] An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light. [ Obsolete] Pepys.

Scots Scots adjective [ For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish .] Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).

Scotsman Scots"man (-m a n) noun See Scotchman .

Scottering Scot"ter·ing noun The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [ Prov. Eng.]

Scotticism Scot"ti·cism noun An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.

That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis.

Masson.

Scotticize Scot"ti·cize transitive verb To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. [ R.]

Scottish Scot"tish adjective [ From Scot a Scotchman: confer Anglo-Saxon Scyttisc , and English Scotch , adjective , Scots , adjective ] Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.

Scottish terrier Scot"tish ter"ri·er (Zoology) Same as Scotch terrier .

Scoundrel Scoun"drel noun [ Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch scunner , scouner , to loathe, to disgust, akin to Anglo-Saxon scunian to shun. See Shun .] A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.

Pope.

Scoundrel Scoun"drel adjective Low; base; mean; unprincipled.

Scoundreldom Scoun"drel·dom noun The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels. Carlyle.

Scoundrelism Scoun"drel·ism noun The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality. Cotgrave.

Scour Scour (skour) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scoured ; present participle & verbal noun Scouring .] [ Akin to LG. schüren , Dutch schuren , schueren , German scheuern , Danish skure ; Swedish skura ; all possibly from Late Latin escurare , from Latin ex + curare to take care. Confer Cure .] 1. To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress. 2. To purge; as, to scour a horse. 3. To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away .

[ I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask,
Which, washed away, shall scour my shame with it.

Shak. 4. [ Perhaps a different word; confer Old French escorre , escourre , Italian scorrere , both from Latin excurrere to run forth. Confer Excursion .] To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain.

Pope. Scouring barrel , a tumbling barrel. See under Tumbling . -- Scouring cinder (Metal.) , a basic slag, which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace. Raymond. -- Scouring rush . (Botany) See Dutch rush , under Dutch . -- Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.) , a kind of fulling mill.

Scour Scour intransitive verb 1. To clean anything by rubbing. Shak. 2. To cleanse anything.

Warm water is softer than cold, for it scoureth better.

Bacon. 3. To be purged freely; to have a diarrhœa. 4. To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

So four fierce coursers, starting to the race,
Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace.

Dryden.

Scour Scour noun Diarrhœa or dysentery among cattle.

Scour Scour transitive verb To cleanse or clear, as by a current of water; to flush.

If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch.

Blackstone.

Scour Scour noun 1. The act of scouring. 2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a fall.

If you catch the two sole denizens [ trout] of a particular scour , you will find another pair installed in their place to-morrow.

Grant Allen.

Scourage Scour"age noun Refuse water after scouring.

Scourer Scour"er noun 1. One who, or that which, scours. 2. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.

In those days of highwaymen and scourers .

Macaulay.

Scourge Scourge noun [ French escourgée , from Latin excoriata (sc. scutica ) a stripped off (lash or whip), from excoriare to strip, to skin. See Excoriate .] 1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

Up to coach then goes
The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.

Chapman. 2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

Sharp scourges of adversity.

Chaucer.

What scourge for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?

Shak.

Scourge Scourge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Scourged ; present participle & verbal noun Scourging .] [ From Scourge , noun : confer Old French escorgier .] 1. To whip severely; to lash.

Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?

Acts xxii. 25. 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Hebrew xii. 6. 3. To harass or afflict severely.

To scourge and impoverish the people.

Brougham.

Scourger Scour"ger noun One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.

The West must own the scourger of the world.

Byron.

Scourse Scourse (skōrs) transitive verb See Scorse . [ Obsolete]

Scouse Scouse (skous) noun (Nautical) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lob scouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse . Ham. Nav. Encyc.