scabbadot (skabado)

[Appar. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. 193. scabbard1 (skab'ärd), n. [Early mod. E. also scabberd, scabarde ; scaubert , earlier scauberk, scawberk, skawberke , scaberk , schauberk , scaberge , scabarge , prob. es cauberc, *escaubert, escauber (in pl. escaubers, escauberz ), a scabbard, also a poniard; prob. formed (orig. in OLG. or OHG. 1) from elements corresponding to OF. escale, F. écale , a scale, husk, case ( scala = AS. scalu = E. scale1), + -berc (as in hauberc , a hauberk), berg an = AS. be organ , protect: see bury3 , and cf. hauberk . The formation of the word was not perceived in E., and the second element came to be conformed to the suffix -ard. The first element has been by some referred to E. scathe , harm, to Icel. scafi , a chisel, to Icel. skalpr , OSw. skalp , a sheath, and even to AS. scæth , a sheath.] A sheath; especially, a sheath for a sword or other similar weapon. Into his scaberge the swerde put Gaffray. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. Š.), 1. 3060. I had a pa with him, rapier, scabbard , and all. Shak . , T. N., iii. 4. 303. He is one That wears his forehead in a velvet scabbard . Beau . and Fl . , Captain, iii. 6. scabbard1 (skab'ärd), v . t . [ scabbard1 , n.] 1. To sheathe, as a sword.-2. To provide with a scabbard or sheath; make a sheath for. scabbard2+ (skab'ärd), n. [ scab + -ard.] A mangy, scabby person. Hall i well . scabbard3 (skabärd), n. [A reduction of scale- board.] In printing, a scale-board. scabbard-fish (skab'ärd-fish), n. 1. A fish of the family Lepidopodidæ, Lepidopus caudatus, Scabbard-fish ( Lepidopus caudatus). of the Mediterranean and Atlantic shores of Europe, as well as of New Zealand, of a bright silvery color, with a long dorsal and rudimentary anal fin: so called from suggesting by its form the sheath of a sword. Also called scale fish and frost - fish.-2. Any fish of the family Gempylidæ. Sir J. Richardson.