scuffle (1)

[SCUFFLE, v.] 1. A struggle in which the combatants grapple closely; a confused quarrel or contest in which the parties struggle blindly or confusedly; a tumultu ous struggle for victory or superiority. 2. A tumult, a confusion. "But by that they were got within sight of them, the women were in a very great scuffle ." -Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. 3. A child's pinafore or bib. (Prov. Eng .) scuf-fle (2), s. [Dan. skuffe to hoe.] A garden hoo. (Prov. Eng .) scuffle-harrow, s. IMG:content-1086.png:[blocks in formation] Aquatics : A pair of small silver sculls given as a challenge prize for scullers at several regattas. scŭll, v. t. or i. [SCULL (3), 8.] To impel or beasts, or other things. It also includes the modeling of figures in clay, wax, or other material, to be afterward cast in bronze, or other metal. 2. A piece of sculpture; carved work; a figure cut or carved in wood, stone, or similar material, representing some real or imaginary object. The origin of sculpture is lost in antiquity. An admirable material for early effort was found in clay, so widely diffused in many lands (TERRACOTTA], to which, as knowledge advanced, were added wax, ge o, marble, bronze, . Hence the rudiments of sculpture are found among all races of mankind. The idolatry of the Old World gave it a great impulse, from the nece ity which it produced of representing gods. [IDOL.] Innumerable highly antique sculptures remain belonging to the Egyptians; they are not confined to gods, but represent men engaged in their several occupations. To a certain extent it is the same with the A yrian sculptures. Those of India are known chiefly in connection with Buddhism and the Later Brahmanism; they are more exclusively connected with religion. All these are mediocre specimens of art. It was reserved to the Greeks, and specially to the A then i ans, to carry sculpture to the highest perfection, which Phidias did, about B. C. 442, and Praxiteles, about B. C. 363. The works of the former were characterized by sublimity, those of the latter by beauty. Praxiteles was the first who ventured to produce a wholly nude figure. The conquest and spoliation of Greece by the Romans, B. C. 146, led to the removal of Greek masterpieces to Rome. This ultimately created a certain taste for sculpture among the Romans, especially under the Emperoг August us, but, as sculptors, the Romans never stern. scŭll-er, s. [Eng. scull, v.; -er.] 1. One who sculls or rows with sculls; one who propels a boat by an oar over the stern. [SCULL (3), 8., 2.] "This has been divided between a junior and a senior scullers' race."- London Daily News. †2. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls or short oars. scull-er-, *skŭll-er-ý, subst. [According to Skeat, from Eng. swiller , with suff. y; cf. "squyl lare , dysche-wescheare." ( Prompt . Parv.) A. S. swilian. The change from swillery or squillery to scullery was helped by some confusion with O. Fr. escuelle, Lat. ( scutella )=a dish; escueillier =a place where dishes or bowls are kept.] 1. A place or room in a house where dishes, pots, kettles, and other culinary utensils are cleaned and kept, and where the dirty work of the kitchen is done; a back-kitchen. *2. Offal, filth.