Scuddle
(Scud"dle) v. i. [Freq. of scud: cf. Scuttle to hurry.] To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Scudo
(||Scu"do) n.; pl. Scudi [It., a crown, a dollar, a shield, fr. L. scutum a shield. Cf. Scute.]
(Com.) (a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different
parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.
(b) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
Scuff
(Scuff) n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. Scruff.] The back part of
the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] Ld. Lytton.
Scuff
(Scuff), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing.] [See Scuffle.] To walk without
lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Scuffle
(Scuf"fle) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scuffled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffling ] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw.
skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See Shove,
and cf. Shuffle.]
1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an
undisciplined rabble.
Eikon Basilike. Scuffle
(Scuf"fle), n.
1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters.
2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be
overturned.
L'Estrange. 3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Scuffler
(Scuf"fler) n.
1. One who scuffles.
2. An agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.
Scug
(Scug) v. i. [Cf. Dan. skygge to darken, a shade, SW. skugga to shade, a shade, Icel. skyggja
to shade, skuggi a shade.] To hide. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Scug
(Scug), n. A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sculk
(Sculk Sculk"er) (-er). See Skulk, Skulker.
Scull
(Scull) n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]
Scull
(Scull), n. [See 1st School.] A shoal of fish. Milton.
Scull
(Scull), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.]
