scoring machine (skoringmashen")

1. A machine for cutting in blocks the grooves to receive the ropes or straps by which the blocks are slung.-2. In paper - box manuf., an apparatus with an adjustable knife which cuts away from the blank the superfluous material, and scores the cardboard where the edges of the 5409 box are to be, so that the material will bend as desired at these places. scorious (skō'ri-us), a. [ For by the fire they emit not only many dro y and scorious parts, but whatsoever they had received from either the earth or loadstone. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 2. scorklet, v. t. See scorcle. scorn (skôrn), n. [Early mod. E. also skorn; Among men such as be modest and graue, & of little conuersation, nor delighted in the busie life and vayne ridiculous actions of the popular, they call him in scorne a Philosopher or Poet. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 14. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 4. 57. The red glow of scorn and proud disdain. IMG:content-0334.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0335.png:[blocks in formation] 3t. To bring into insignificance or into contempt. Fortune,... The dispitouse debonaire, That scorneth many a creature. Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 625. =Syn. 1. Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn, scorn, and disdain le often apply to persons. In this they differ from the corresponding nouns and from despise, which apply with equal freedom to persons and things. Contemn is the generic term, expre ing the fact; it is not so strong as contempt. To despise is to look down upon with strong contempt from a superior position of some sort. To scorn is to have an extreme and pa ionate contempt for. To disdain is to have a high-minded abhorrence of, or a proud and haughty contempt of. See arro gance. What in itself is perfect Contemns a borrow'd glo . Fletcher , Spanish Curate, iii. 3. No man ever yet genuinely despised , however he might hate, his intellectual equal. Maine , Village Communities, p. 254. I am that maid that have delay'd, denied, And almost scorn'd the loves of all that tried To win me but this swain. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , iv. 4. Be abhorr'd All feasts, societies, and throngs of men! His semblable, yea, himself, Timon disdains : Destruction fang mankind! Shak., T. of A., iv. 3. 22. II. in trans. 1. To feel scorn or contempt.21. To point with scorn; scoff; jeer: generally IMG:content-0336.png:[blocks in formation] To make a loathsome abject scorn of me. to the new. Shak., C. of E., iv. 4. 106. They that reverence too much old times are but a scorn Bacon , Innovations. Inhuman scorn of men, hast thou a thought T' outlive thy murders? Ford, 'Tis Pity, v. 6. scornt, to disdain; scorn. To laugh to scorn. See laugh . - To take or think Take thou no scorn to wear the horn. Shak., As you Like it, iv. 2. 14. I as then esteeming my self born to rule, and thinking foul scorn willingly to submit my self to be ruled. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. To think scorn oft, to regard with contempt; despise. I know no reason why you should think scorn of him. Sir P. Sidney. scorn (skôrn), v. [Early mod. E. also skorn; ME. scornen, skornen, a ibilated schornen, with orig. vowel scarnen , skarnen , escharnir, eschernir, echarnir, echernir, achar nir, achernir, transposed escrenir, also later es corner = Pr. esquernir, escarnir, schirnir = Sp. Pg. escarnecer = It. schernire, scorn are, mock, scoff, scorn, Surely he scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise To scorn delights and live laborious days. Milton, Lycidas, 1. 70. With all those Optic Miracles I learn'd Which scorn by Eagles eyes to be discern'd. J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 46. The poorer sort, who have not a Slave of their own, will yet hire one to carry a Me worth of Rice for them, tho Cot one hundred paces from their own homes, scorning to do it themselves. Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 131. 2. To bring to scorn; treat with scorn or contempt; make a mock of; deride. IMG:content-0337.png:[blocks in formation] were scorners. When Christianity first appeared, it made no great progre among the disputers of this world, among the men of wit and subtlety, for this very reason; because they Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. v. scornful (skôrn'fül), a. [ Ble ed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Ps. i. 1. Unknit that threat'ning unkind brow, And dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak., T. of the S., v. 2. 137. Th' enamour'd deity pursues the chace; The scornful damsel shuns his loathed embrace. Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., i. 2. Provoking or exciting scorn or contempt; appearing as an object of scorn. The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 520. =Syn. See scorn, v. scornfully (skôrn'fül-i), adv . In a scornful manner; with proud contempt; contemptuously; insolently. The sacred rights of the Christian church are scornfully Bp. Atterbury, Sermons. trampled on in print. scornfulne (skôrn'ful-nes), n. The quality of being scornful or contemptuous. scorning (skôr'ning), n. [ How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning , and fools hate knowledge? Prov. i. 22.