Emily Dickinson Lexicon

scout (-s), n. [OFr 'action of listening, listener'.] (webplay: send, enemy, sound).

A spy; One sent out ahead of the main force to obtain information about the enemy.

scowl (-ed), v. [Prob. of Scandinavian origin, 'to look'.] (webplay: heaven).

To draw eyebrows together; to express anger, dissatisfaction; to frown disapprovingly.

scrabble, n. [Du. schrabbelen, a bad writer, scrawler.] (webplay: children).

Struggle; scratching, scribbling; disruption; urgency; poss. threatening to one's sense of order; madness (NW quotes I Samuel 21 about David's behaviour: And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

scrap (-s), n. [ON. 'trifles'.]

1. Tiny sparkles; shiny drops; particles.
2. Remnants; broken, detached parts; shreds; bits left over; crumbs fallen of a table or remaining after a feast.

scream (-ed, -s), v. [ME < OE 'cry, weep'.] (webplay: owl, away).

To emit a shrill, piercing cry.

screen (-s), v. [Of difficult origin.] (webplay: sight).

1. To disguise; to conceal the identity; to change the appearance in order not to be recognized.
2. [Lit.] to hide; to conceal; [fig.] to fade away; to mitigate; a way of covering the truth, vision in order to reveal it in gradual and indirect way.

screw (-s), n. [OFr escroue, female screw, nut.] ( webplay: pins, all)

1. A metal device with slotted head and a spiral groove going round it from one end to the other, used for fastening materials together.
2. The apparatus for applying the pressure in order to extract the essence; [fig.] craftsmanship; artistic technical discipline; artifice.

scruple, n. [F. < L. 'rough or hard pebble, cause of uneasiness or anxiety'.] (webplay: doubt, to believe, stop,life, foot,thing, a man).

1. [Lit.] a sense of guilt; remorse; [fig.] responsibility; sign of involvement.
2. Hesitation; uncertainty.

scrupulous, adj. [see scruple, n.] (webplay: doubt, believe, stop, weight, time, to act, doing, exactness, preciseness, labor, duty).

1. Minutely careful; cautious; nice; meticulous; punctilious; attentive to the smallest detail.
2. Mindful; attentive to; apprehensive of.

scrutable, adj. [see scrutiny, n.]

Able to be examined; comprehensible; understood by close inspection.