sculduddery, skullduggery

. [Etymology doubtful.] A. As adj.: Relating to what is unchaste. ( U.S. Colloq. & Scotch.) "Can find out naething but a wee bit sculduddery for Lothian, ch. xvi. IMG:content-1084.png:[blocks in formation] scŭl-pin, skul-pin, s . [Etym. doubtful; perhaps a corruption of scorpion ; cf. scorpion-fish.] Ichthy.: A can tho cottus virginia nus , ranging from the coast of New Brunswick to Virginia, from ten to eighteen inches long, of which the head is about one-third. Light or greenish-brown above, with irregular blotches. The name is also extended to any species of A can tho cottus, a genus formed by Girard to include marine species of Cottus. *sculp-tile, a. [Lat. sculp til is , from sculpo =to carve.] Formed by sculpture or carving. sculp-tõr, subst . [Lat., from sculpo to carve.] One who sculptures; one who cuts, carves, or hews figures in wood, stone, or like materials.