Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCOFF'ING-LY, adv.

In mockery or contempt; by way of derision. Aristotle applied this hemistich scoffingly to the sycophants at Athens. Broome.

SCOLD, n.

1. A rude, clamorous, foul-mouthed woman. Scolds answer foul-mouth'd scolds. Swift.
2. A scolding; a brawl.

SCOLD, v.i. [D. schelden; G. schelten; Dan: skielder, rail, to scold; Sw. skalla, to sound or ring; skallra, to snap or crack; skålla, to bark, to scold. It seems to be formed on the root of G. schelle, a bell, a jingle, a box on the ear; schellen, schallen, to ring; D. schel, schellen. If s is a prefix, this word coincides with call, and Sax. galan, to sing, gyllan, gielan, to yell.]

To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter railing or harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; with at; as, to scold at a servant. A scolding tongue, a scolding wife, a scolding husband, a scolding master, who can endure? Pardon me, 'tis the first time that ever / I'm forc'd to scold. Shak.

SCOLD, v.t.

To chide with rudeness and boisterous clamor; to rate. Boswell. [The transitive use of this word is of recent origin, at least within my knowledge.]

SCOLD-ER, n.

One that scolds or rails.

SCOLD-ING, n.

The uttering of rude, clamorous language by way of rebuke or railing; railing language.

SCOLD-ING, ppr.

1. Railing with clamor; uttering rebuke in rude and boisterous language.
2. adj. Given to scolding.

SCOLD-ING-LY, adv.

With rude clamor or railing.

SCOL'LOP, n.

1. A pectinated shell. [See Scallop.]
2. An indenting or cut like those of a shell.

SCOL'LOP, v.t.

To form or cut with scollops. [See Scallop.]

SCOL-O-PEN'DRA, n. [Gr. σκολοπενδρα.]

1. A venomous serpent. Johnson.
2. A genus of insects of the order Myriapoda, destitute of wings. These insects have as many feet on each side as there are segments in the body. There are several species. Dict. Nat. Hist.

SCOM'BE-ROID, n.

The scomberoids (or mackerel tribe) are a family of fishes, of which the scomber is the type. Brande.

SCOMM, n. [L. scomma; Gr. σκωμμα, from σκωπτω. See Scoff.]

1. A buffoon. [Not in use.] L'Estrange.
2. A flout; a jeer. [Not in use.]

SCONCE, n. [D. schans; G. schanze; D. skands; Sw. skans, a fort or castle, a fortification.]

1. A fort or bulwark; a work for defense. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A hanging or projecting candlestick, generally with a mirror to reflect the light. Golden sconces hang upon the walls. Dryden.
3. The circular tube with a brim in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted, that is, the support, the holder of the candle; and from this sense the candlestick, in the preceding definition, has its name.
4. A fixed seat or shelf. [Local.]

SCONCE, n. [D. skiönner, to judge, to discern; skiönsom, judicious.]

1. Sense; judgment; discretion or understanding. This sense has been in vulgar use in New England within my memory.
2. The head; a low word. Shak.
3. A mulet or fine. [Qu. poll-tax.]

SCONCE, v.t.

To mulct; to fine. Warton. [A low word and not in use.]

SCOOP, n. [D. schop, a scoop, and a shovel; G. schüppe; schupp, a shove; schuppen, to push or shove; Sw. skuff; a shove; Dan. skuffe, a scoop, a shovel, a box or drawer; D. schuif, schuiven, to shove; Fr. ecope; Arm. esgop or scop.]

1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle fastened to a dish, used for dipping liquors; also, a little hollow piece of wood for bailing boats.
2. An instrument of surgery. Sharp.
3. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. Shak.

SCOOP, v.t.

1. To lade out; properly, to take out with a scoop or with a sweeping motion. He scoop'd the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
2. To empty by lading; as, he scooped it dry. Addison.
3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; as, the Indians scoop the trunk of a tree into a canoe. Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
4. To remove, so as to leave a place hollow. A spectator would think this circular mount had been actually scooped out of that hollow space. Spectator.

SCOOP'ED, pp.

Taken out as with a scoop or ladle; hollowed; excavated; removed so as to leave a hollow.

SCOOP'ER, n.

One that scoops; also, a water-fowl.

SCOOP'ING, ppr.

Lading out; making hollow; excavating; removing so as to leave a hollow.

SCOOP'-NET, n.

A net so formed as to sweep the bottom of a river.

SCOPE, n. [L. scopus; Gr. σκοπος, from σκοπεω, to see or view; Heb. שקף, to see, to behold; Ch. to drive or strike. Class Gb, No. 85. The primary sense is to stretch or extend, to reach; properly, the whole extent, space or reach, hence the whale space viewed, and hence the limit or ultimate end.]

1. Space; room; amplitude of intellectual view; as, a free scope for inquiry; full scope for the fancy or imagination; ample scope for genius.
2. The limit of intellectual view; the end or thing to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim or purpose; intention; drift. It expresses both the purpose and thing purposed. Your scope is as mine own, / So to enforce and 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 of the church. Hooker.
3. Liberty; freedom from restraint; room to move in. Hooker.
4. Liberty beyond just limits; license. Give him tine and scope. Shak.
5. Act of riot; sally; excess. [Obs.] Shak.
6. Extended quantity; as, a scope of land. [Obs.] Davies.
7. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. Mar. Language.

SCO'PI-FORM, a. [L. scopa, a broom, and form.]

Having the form of a broom or besom. Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform. Kirwan.

SCO'PI-PED, n. [L. scopæ; a broom, and pes, a foot.]

One of a tribe of melliferous insects, which have a brush of hairs on the posterior feet.