Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCULK'ER, n.

A lurker; one that lies close for hiding.

SCULK'ING, ppr.

Withdrawing into a close or covered place for concealment; lying close.

SCULL, n.

1. The brain pan. [See Skull.]
2. A boat; a cock boat. [See Sculler.]
3. One who sculls a boat. But properly,
4. A short oar, whose loom is only equal in length to half the breadth of the boat to be rowed, so that one man can manage two, one on each side. – Mar. Dict.
5. A shoal or multitude of fish. [Sax. sceole.] [Not in use.]

SCULL, v.t.

To impel a boat by moving and turning an oar over the stern. Mar. Dict.

SCULL'-CAP, n. [See SKULL-CAP.]

SCULL'ED, pp.

Impelled by turning an oar over the stern.

SCULL'ER, n.

1. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls or short oars.
2. One that sculls, or rows with sculls; one that impels a boat by an oar over the stern.

SCULL'ER-Y, n. [probably from the root of shell, scale, Fr. ecuelle; Scot. skul, skoll, a bowl; Dan. skaal, a drinking cup; skal, a shell, skull; G. schale, scale, a shell, a dish or cup; D. schall, schil. Skulls and shells were the cups, bowls and dishes of rude men.]

A place where dishes, kettles, and other culinary utensils are kept.

SCULL'ING, ppr.

Impelling a boat by an oar.

SCULL'ION, n. [Ir. squille, from the root of the preceding.]

A servant that cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.

SCULL'ION-LY, a.

Like a scullion; base; low; mean. [Not used.]

SCULP, v.t. [L. sculpo, scalpo. Qu. Gr. γλυφω; root גלף, Class Lb, No. 27; or gall, L. calvus, Class Gl, No. 8.]

To carve; to engrave. [Not in use.] – Sandys.

SCULP'TILE, a. [L. sculptilis.]

Formed by carving; as, sculptile images. – Brown.

SCULP'TOR, n. [L. See Sculp.]

One whose occupation is to carve wood or stone into images; a carver. – Encyc.

SCULP'TUR-AL, a.

Pertaining to sculpture or engraving.

SCULP'TURE, n. [Fr.; L. sculptura.]

1. The art of curving, cutting or hewing wood or stone in images of men, beasts or other things. Sculpture is a generic term, including carving or statuary and engraving.
2. Carved work. There too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen. – Dryden.
3. The art of engraving on copper.

SCULP'TURE, v.t.

To carve; to engrave; to form images or figures with the chisel on wood, stone or metal.

SCULP'TUR-ED, pp.

Carved; engraved; as, a sculptured vase; sculptured marble.

SCULP'TUR-ING, ppr.

Carving; engraving.

SCUM, n. [Fr. ecume; It. schiuma; Sw. and Dan. skum; D. schuim; G. schaum.]

1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquors in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means. The word is also applied to the scoria of metals.
2. The refuse; the recrement; that which is vile or worthless. The great and the innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people. – Addison.

SCUM, v.t.

To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface; to skim. You that scum the molten lead. – Dryden.

SCUM'BER, n.

The dung of the fox. – Ainsworth.

SCUM'MED, pp.

Cleared of scum; skimmed.

SCUM'MER, n. [Fr. ecumoire.]

An instrument used for taking off the scum of liquors; a skimmer.

SCUM'MING, ppr.

Clearing of scum; skimming.