scobinat (skobina)

[NL., scobs (skobz), n. [ Eke populer or fir is profitable To make and ley among hem scobes able. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 93. scoby, n. See scobby . scochont, n. An obsolete form of scutcheon . scoff (skof), n. [ scof , skof (not found in AS.) = OFries. schof , a scoff, taunt; cf. MD. schobbe , a scoff, sarcasm, schobben , schoppen , scoff, mock, schoffieren, schofferen , disgrace, corrupt, violate, ruin, Dan. skuffe , deceive; Icel. ska up , later skop , mockery, ridicule ( skeypaа , skopa , scoff, mock, skopan , railing); the forms seem to indicate a confusion of two words; perhaps in part orig. 'a shove,' '& rub'; cf. AS. scyfe, scife, a pushing, instigation, Sw. skuff , a push, shove, skuffa , push; LG. schubben , rub, =OHG. scupfen, MHG. schupfen , schüpfen , push: see scuff1 , shove. Not connected with Gr. σκώπ τειν , scoff: see scomm .] 1. An expre ion of contempt, derision, or mocking scorn; a taunt; a gibe; a flout. If we but enter presence of his Grace, Our payment is a frown, a scoff , a frump. Greene, James IV., ii. With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 4. 39. So he may hunt her through the clamorous scoffs Of the loud world to a dishonored grave! Shelley, The Cenci, iv. 1. I met with scoffs , I met with scorns, From youth and babe and hoary hairs. Tennyson, In Memoriam, lxix. 2. An object of scoffing or scorn; a mark for derision; a butt. The principles of liberty were the scoff of every grinning courtier, and the Anathema Maranatha of every fawning dean. Macaulay , Milton.