AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
scorpion: any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.-the pine or gray lizard (sceloporus undulatus).-the scorpene.-a painful scourge.-a sign and constellation. see scorpio.-an ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
scorpiones: of scorpio-a division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
scorpionwort: a leguminous plant (ornithopus scorpioides) of southern europe, having slender curved pods.
scorse: barter; exchange; trade.-to barter or exchange.-to chase.-to deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter.
scot: a name for a horse.-a native or inhabitant of scotland; a scotsman, or scotchman.-a portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
scot-free: free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.
scotale: 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: of or pertaining to scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; scottish.-the dialect or dialects of english spoken by the people of scotland.-collectively, the people of scotland.-to shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.-a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.-to cut superficially; to wound; to score.-a slight cut or incision; a score.
scotchman: a native or inhabitant of scotland; a scot; a scotsman.-a piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
scotist: 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.
scotomy: dizziness with dimness of sight.-obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.
scotoscope: an instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
scots: of or pertaining to the scotch; scotch; scottish; as, scots law; a pound scots (1s. 8d.).
scotticism: an idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to scotland or scotchmen.
scottish: 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: a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.-low; base; mean; unprincipled.
scoundreldom: the domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels.
scoundrelism: the practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.
scour: 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.-to purge; as, to scour a horse.-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.-to pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.-to clean anything by rubbing.-to cleanse anything.-to be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.-to run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.-diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
scourer: one who, or that which, scours.-a rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
scourge: a lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.-hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.-to whip severely; to lash.-to punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.-to harass or afflict severely.
scouse: a sailor's dish. bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. see lobscouse.
scout: a swift sailing boat.-a projecting rock.-to reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.-a person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.-a college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in oxford, england; at cambridge called a gyp; and at dublin, a skip.-a fielder in a game for practice.-the act of scouting or reconnoitering.-to observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.-to pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.-to go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
scow: a large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.-to transport in a scow.
scowl: to wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.-hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.-to look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.-to express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.-the wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.-hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
scrabbed eggs: a lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper.
scrabble: to scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.-to make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.-to mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.-the act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
scrag: something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.-a rawboned person.-a ragged, stunted tree or branch.
scragged: rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.-lean and rough; scraggy.
scramble: to clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.-to struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.-to collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.-to prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.-the act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.-the act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
scrambler: one who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.-a greedy and unceremonious contestant.
scranch: to grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
scrap: something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.-specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.-the crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.-same as scrap iron, below.
scrapbook: a blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.
scrape: to rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.-to remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).-to collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.-to express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.-to rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.-to occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.-to play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.-to draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.-the act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.-a drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.-a disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
scrapepenny: one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
scraper: an instrument with which anything is scraped.-an instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.-an instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.-an instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.-in the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.-one who scrapes.-one who plays awkwardly on a violin.-one who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
scraping: of scrape-the act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.-something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.-resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
scrappy: consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.
scratch: to rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.-to write or draw hastily or awkwardly.-to cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.-to dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.-to use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.-to score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.-a break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.-a line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.-minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.-a kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.-a shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.-made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.
scratch coat: the first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. see pricking-up.
scratchback: a toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
scratcher: one who, or that which, scratches; specifically (zool.), any rasorial bird.
scrawl: see crawl.-to draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.-to write unskillfully and inelegantly.-unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
screak: to utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.-a creaking; a screech; a shriek.
scream: to cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.-a sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
screamer: any one of three species of south american birds constituting the family anhimidae, and the suborder palamedeae. they have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. they are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. the crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus chauna. the horned screamer, or kamichi, is palamedea cornuta.
screaming: of scream-uttering screams; shrieking.-having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
scree: a pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.
screech: to utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.-a harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
screed: a strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.-a wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.-a fragment; a portion; a shred.-a breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.-an harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
screen: anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.-a dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.-a surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.-a long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.-to provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.-to pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
screw: a cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.-specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. see also screw bolt, below.-anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. it is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. see screw propeller, below.-a steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.-an extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.-an instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.-a small packet of tobacco.-an unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.-a straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th pitch, 10 (b)). it is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.-an amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (caprella). see sand screw, under sand.-to turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.-to force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.-hence: to practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.-to twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.-to examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.-to use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.-to turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
screw-cutting: adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
screw-driver: a tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. it has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
scribble: to card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.-to write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.-to fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.-to write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.-hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.
scribbler: one who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.-a scribbling machine.
scribbling: of scribble-the act or process of carding coarsely.-writing hastily or poorly.-the act of writing hastily or idly.
scribe: one who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.-a writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.-to write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.-to cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.-to score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.-to make a mark.
scriber: a sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.
scrim: a kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also india scrim.-thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
scrimmage: formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.-the struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
scrimp: to make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.-short; scanty; curtailed.-a pinching miser; a niggard.
scrimping: of scrimp-a. & n. from scrimp, v. t.
scrimshaw: to ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines.-a shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.
scrine: a chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine.-to cringe.
scrip: a small bag; a wallet; a satchel.-a small writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.-a preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc.  when all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate.-paper fractional currency.
script: a writing; a written document.-type made in imitation of handwriting.-an original instrument or document.-written characters; style of writing.
scriptorium: in an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.
scriptory: of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed.
scriptural: contained in the scriptures; according to the scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.
scripturalism: the quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the scriptures.
scripture: anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.-the books of the old and the new testament, or of either of them; the bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural.-a passage from the bible;; a text.
scripturist: one who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.
scrivener: a professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.-one whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.-a writing master.
scrobicular: pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles.
scroddled ware: mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays.
scrofula: a constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
scrofulous: pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.-diseased or affected with scrofula.
scroll: a roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.-an ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.-a mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some states allowed as a substitute for a seal.-same as skew surface. see under skew.
scrolled: formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
scrophularia: a genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
scrophulariaceous: of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (scrophulariaceae, or scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. the order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the paulownia.
scrotocele: a rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.
scrow: a scroll.-a clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
scrub: to rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.-to rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.-one who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.-something small and mean.-a worn-out brush.-a thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.-one of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.-mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
scrubber: one who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing.-a gas washer. see under gas.
scrubby: of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
scruff: scurf.-the nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.
scruou-lize: to perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.