Scotoscope
(Sco"to*scope) n. [Gr. sko`tos darkness + -scope.] An instrument that discloses objects
in the dark or in a faint light. [Obs.] Pepys.
Scots
(Scots) a. [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) n. See Scotchman.
Scottering
(Scot"ter*ing) n. The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotticism
(Scot"ti*cism) n. 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) v. t. To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. [R.]
Scottish
(Scot"tish) a. [From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a.] Of
or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a
Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
Scoundrel
(Scoun"drel) n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust,
akin to AS. 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), a. Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
Scoundreldom
(Scoun"drel*dom) n. The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the
state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels. Carlyle.
Scoundrelism
(Scoun"drel*ism) n. The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality. Cotgrave.
Scour
(Scour) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scoured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scouring.] [Akin to LG. schüren, D. schuren,
schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to
take care. Cf. 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; cf. OF. escorre, escourre, It. scorrere, both fr. L. excurrere to run forth.
Cf. 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. (Bot.) See Dutch rush,
under Dutch. — Scouring stock (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill.
