scold (skold)

[Early mod. E. also scould, scoule; Sc. scald, scauld; The angred man doth but discouer his minde, but the fierce woman to scold , yell, and exclame can finde no end. Guevara , Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 303. I had rather hear them scold than fight. Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 1. 240. I just put my two arms round her, and said, "Come, Be ie! don't scold ." Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, iv. IMG:content-0318.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. A worm-like snake; a member of the Scolecophidia . scale2. scoleces, n. Plural of scolex . Scolecid a (skō-les'i-da), n . pl . [NL., σκώληξ , a worm, + -ida . ] A cla of Annuloida or worms, contrasting with Echinoderm at a , con- sisting of the wheel-animalcules, the turbella- rians, and the trematoid, cestoid, and nematoid worms, including the gordians and Acantho- cephala . This group was tentatively proposed, and the term has scarcely come into use. Huxley , 1869. See cuts under Rhabdocæla and Rotifer a . scoleciform (skō-les'i-form), a. [ form a , form.] Having the form or character of a scolex: specifically noting an early larval stage of tapeworms. Thus, the measle of pork is the scoleciform stage of Tænia solium. T. S. Cobbold. Scolecimorphat (skō-les-i-môr'fä), n . pl . [NL., μορφή , form.] A group of worms containing the turbellarians, trema- toids, and cestoids: synonymous with Platyhel- mintha. scolecimorphic (skō-les-i-môr'fik), a. [ Sco- lecimorpha + -ic.] Worm-like in form or struc- ture; of or pertaining to the Scolecimorpha . Scolecina (skol-e-si'nä), n . pl . [NL., σκωληκ- ), a worm, + -ina2 .] A group of annelids, typified by the earthworm, corre- sponding to the lumbricine, terricolous, or oli- go che to us annelids. Also called Scoleina . scolecine (skol'ē-sin), a . Of or pertaining to the Scolecina ; lumbricoid, terricolous, or oligo- chetous, as an annelid. scolecite (skol'ē-sīt), n. [In def. 1 also skole- cite (so called because it sometimes curls up before the blowpipe, as if it were a worm); σκωληκ- ), a worm, + -ite2.] 1. One of the zeolite group of minerals, a hydrous sili- cate of aluminium and calcium, occurring in acicular crystals, also fibrous and radiated mas- sive, commonly white. Early called lime -me so- type .-2. In bot . , the vermiform archicarp of the fungus Ascobolus , a name proposed by Tulasne. It is a structure composed of a chain of cells developed from the end of a branch of the my- celium. II. trans. To chide with railing or clamor; scolecoid (sko-lē'koid), a. [ berate; rail at. She had scolded her Husband one Day out of Doors. contr. for σκωληκοειδής, worm-like, scolex; cysticercoid; hydatid. Howell, Letters, iv. 7. She scolded Anne,... but so softly that Anne fell asleep in the middle of the little lecture. Mrs. Oliphant , Poor Gentleman, xlii. scold (skõld), n. [Early mod. E. also scould, scoule; I know she is an irksome brawling scold. Shak., T. of the S., i. 2. 188. I'l undertake a drum or a whole kennel Of scolds cannot wake him. Brome, The Queen's Exchange, iii. The Bully among men, and the Scold among women. IMG:content-0319.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0320.png:[blocks in formation] another. Scolders , and sowers of discord between one person and Cranmer, Articles of Visitation. scolder2 (skōl'der), n . [Also chaldrick , chalder ; origin obscure.] The oyster-catcher, Hæma top us ostrilegus . [Orkneys.]