Scoop
(Scoop), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop,
n.]
1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
He scooped the water from the crystal flood.
Dryden. 2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint.
Arbuthnot. Scooper
(Scoop"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, scoops.
2. (Zoöl.) The avocet; — so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
Scoot
(Scoot) v. i. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. & Humorous, U. S.]
Scoparin
(Sco"pa*rin) n. (Chem.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus
scoparius) accompanying sparteïne.
Scopate
(Sco"pate) a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom.] (Zoöl.) Having the surface closely covered with
hairs, like a brush.
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scope
(-scope) [Gr. skopo`s a watcher, spy. See Scope.] A combining form usually signifying an
instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope,
anemoscope.
Scope
(Scope) n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to to
view, and perh. to E. spy. Cf. Skeptic, Bishop.]
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.
Your scope is as mine own,
So to enforce or qualify the laws
As to your soul seems good.
Shak.
The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in
the church.
Hooker. 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.
Give him line and scope.
Shak.
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.
Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind.
Burke.
An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope.
Hawthorne.
