scavage (skavaj)

i. [A back-formation, In scavagery , the average hours of daily work are twelve (Sun days of course excepted), but they sometimes extended to fifteen, and even sixteen hours. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 245. scavaging (skav'āj-ing), n. [Verbal n. of scav age2, v.] Street-cleaning; scavenging. The scavaging work was scamped, the men, to use their own phrase, "licking the work over anyhow," so that fewer hands were required. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor. scavenge (skav'enj), v. t.; pret. and pp. scav enged, ppr. scavenging. [A back-formation, of this kind were also called lame (χωλά, clauda : cf. choli- ambus ) by the ancients, as opposed to normal or perfect (ὀρθά, recta, integra ) meters. Some ancient Latin metri- cians apply the term scazon , apparently through misappre- hension, to other irregular meters, such as the hexameter miurus, lines wanting the last syllable, etc. See choliamb , Hipponactean , ischiorrhogic. scear, n. In firearms , same as sear . The scear was acted upon by a trigger in the usual way. W. W. Greener , The Gun, p. 49. IMG:content-0261.png:[blocks in formation] see scat1 .] An early Anglo- Saxon coin. Specimens occur in gold, but most frequently in silver. Their average weight is 15 grains, and they were prob- ably current from about 600 to 750. Obverse. Reverse. Silver Sceat.- British scedet, n. [OF. scede, a Museum. (Size of the tablet for writing, scheda or scida , a slip or sheet of paper: see schedule.] A schedule. A deed (as I have oft seen) to convey a whole manor was implicite contained in some twenty lines or there- abouts, like that scede , or Sytala Laconic a, so much re- nowned of old in all contracts. Burton , Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 51. Sweating in th' channel like a scavengere . Bp . Hall , Satires, IV. vii. 48. scedulet, n. See schedule . 3. In cotton - spinning , a child employed to colsceleratt, n. See scelerate . lect the loose cotton lying about the floor or machinery.-4. In entom . , a scavenger-beetle. Scavenger roll, in cotton - manuf ., a roller in a spinning machine to collect the loose fiber or fluff which gathers on the parts with which it is placed in contact. - Scav- enger's daughter, a corruption of Skevington's daugh- ter , an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skeving scavengers hipt (skav'en-jer-ship), n . [Early mod. E. also sk skavenger hipe ; scavenger + -ship .] Work in clearing away dirt and filth from the streets, etc. To Mr. Mathewe, for skavenger hipe . Churchwarden's Accounts (1560) of S. Michael's , Corn hill [(ed. by Overall), p. 152. ( Davies .) scavengery (skav'en-jér-i), n . [ scavenger + -y (see -ery).] Same as scavagery . IMG:content-0262.jpg:[blocks in formation] That whole Denomination, at least the Potentates or Heads of them, are charged with the most scelerate Plot that ever was heard of: that is, paying A a ins to mur- der a sovereign Prince. Roger North, Examen, p. 191. II. n. A wicked man; a villain; a criminal. Scelerats can by no arts stifle the cries of a wounded conscience. G. Cheyne. J. H. Short house, John Ingles ant, xxi. sceleroust (sel'e-rus), a. [L. scelerosus , wick- ed, abominable, scelus ( sceler- ), a crime, wick- edne .] Wicked; villainous. Kynge Richard, by this abominable mischyef & scelerous act [the murder of the princes] thinkyng hymself well re- leuyd bot he of feare and thought, woulde not have it kept counsail. Hall , Richard III., an. i. I have gathered and understand their deep di imula- tion and detestable dealing, being marvellous subtle and crafty in their kind, for not one amongst twenty will dis- cover either declare their scelerous secrets. scelestict (sē-les'tik), a. [Also scelestique ; scelus ( sceler- ), a crime, wickedne .) Wicked; evil; atro- cio us. For my own part, I think the world hath not better men than some that suffer under that name; nor, with- all, more scelestique villaines. Feltham, Resolves, i. 5. scelett, n. See skelet . scelides (sel'i-dēz), n. pl . [NL., σκελίδες , pl. of σκελίς , a leg, n . A dinosaur of the genus Scelidosaurus . scelidosaurian (sel i-do-sa'ri-an), a . and n. I. a . Of or pertaining to the Scelidosauridæ . II. n. A member of the Scelidosauridæ . Scelidosauridæ (sel i-do-sa'ri-dē), n . pl . [NL., Scelidosaurus + -idæ .] A family of mailed or stegosaurian herbivorous dinosaurs with separate astragalus, elongate metatarsals, and four functional digits of the pes, typified by the genus Scelidosaurus . Other genera are A can tho pho lis , Pol acanthus , Hylæosaurus , etc. scelidosauroid (sel i-do-sa'roid), a. and n. [ Scelidosaurus + -oid.] I. a. Of, or having char- acters of, the Scelidosauridæ . or western gra - hopper, Melano- plus spretus . An- other species (un- described) infests the egg-pods of the le er migra- tory locust, Me- lanoplus atlanis , while still another has been reared IMG:content-0263.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0264.png:[graphic][merged small] IMG:content-0265.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0266.jpg:[blocks in formation] Scelidotherium (sel i-do-the'ri-um), n. [NL., θηρίον , a wild beast.] Age- nus of megatherioid edentate mammals founded by Owen in 1840 upon remains of a species called S. leptocephalum , from the Pleistocene of Pata- gonia. The genus contains a number of species whose characters are intermediate in some respects between those of Megatherium and those of Mylodon . Scelio (sē'li-ō), п . [NL. (Latreille, 1804).] A notable genus of parasitic insects of the hyme- Giddy with praise, and puff'd with female pride, She quits the tragic scene . Church ill, Rosciad. Our scene precariously subsists too long On French translation and Italian song. 6. One of a series of events, actions, or situa- tions contributing to form a complete view or spectacle or a written representation or de- script i on: as, scenes from the life of Buddha; scenes and sketches of camp life. Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pa ! Add is on, Cato, v. 1. Hence-7. Any exhibition, display, or demon- strati on; especially, an exhibition of strong scenery (sē'ner-i), n. [Formerly also scenary ; = It. Pg. scenario , scenery, a playbill (= G. scenerie = Sw. Dan. sceneri , prob. scenery ), scenarius , of or belonging to scenes, scena , The E. word is practically To make a sketch, or a more perfect model of a picture, is, in the language of poets, to draw up the scenery of a play. Dryden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting. 2. The representation of the place in which an action is performed; the painted slides, hangings, and other devices used on a stage to represent the place in which the action of a play is supposed to take place. See scene , n., 4. from a picturesque or pictorial point of view; 3. The general appearance of a place, regarded the aggregate of features or objects that give character to a landscape. The scenery is inimitable; the rock broken, and covered with shrubs at the top, and afterwards spreading into one grand and simple shade. scene-shifter (sēn's hifter), n. One who ar- ranges the movable scenes in a theater in ac- cordance with the requirements of the play. scenic (sen'ik or sē'nik), a. [= F. scénique = Sp. escénico = Pg. It. scenico , σκηνικός , of or belonging to the stage or scene, dramatical, dramatical, theatrical, σκηνή , stage, scene: see scene.] 1. Of or pertaining to the stage; dra- matic; theatrical: as, the scenic poets; scenic games. 2. Of or pertaining to the landscape or natu- ral scenery; abounding in fine scenery or land- scape views: as, the scenic attractions of a Scenopinidæ (sē-nō-pin'i-dē), n. pl. [NL. (West wood, 1840), Scenopinus + -idæ.] А small family of brachycerous flies, consisting of small slender bare species common in dwell- ings. The larvæ are very slender and white; they are found in decaying wood and under carpets, and are sup- posed to be carnivorous. Scenopinus (sē-nō-pi'nus), n. [NL. (Latreille, 1802), emended to Scenopœus (Aga iz, 1847), σκῆνος , a hut, tent, + ποιεῖν, make, produce, create.] The typical genus Scenopinidæ. Five species are North American, and four European. S. fenes- trat us and S. fasci at us are examples. scent (sent), v. [Better spelled, pounds ads a ent, consent, di ent, resent), the c being ignorantly inserted, in the 17th century, as in scythe for sithe , scite for site , scituate for situate (perhaps in this case to simulate a con- nection with ascent , descent ); early mod. E. sen sent , senten , sentir , F. sentir = Pr. Sp. Pg . sentir = It. sentire , feel, perceive, smell, sentire , perceive by the senses, observe, give one's opinion or sentiments; prob. orig. 'strive after,' 'go after,' akin to Goth. sinths = OHG. sind=AS. sith , E. obs. sithe , a going, jour- ney, time, and to OHG. sinnan , strive after, go, MHG. G. sinnen , perceive, feel, whence OHG. MHG. sin (sinn-), G. sinn, perception, sense: see sithe2 . From the L. sentire are also ult. E. a ent, consent , di ent , resent , etc., sensel , sen- sory, consensus, etc., sentence , sententious , senti- ment, presentiment, etc.] I. trans. 1. To per- ceive or discern by the smell; smell: as, to scent game. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 5. 58. He... was fond of sauntering by the fruit-tree wall, and scenting the apricots when they were warmed by the morning sunshine. George Eliot, Adam Bede, lii. Hence - 2. To perceive in any way; especially, to have a faint inkling or suspicion of. Alas! I scent not your confederacies, Your plots and combinations! B. Jonson, Sejanus, iii. 1. The rest of the men scent an attempted swap from the outset. W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 187. To fill smell, odor, effluvium; cause character, between two or more persons. "Hush! hush!" whispers the doctor; "she must be quite quiet. There must be no more scenes , my young fellow." Thackeray , Philip, xxvii. 8. A view; a landscape; scenery. Overhead up grew Insuperable highth of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene . Milton , P. L., iv. 140. Some temple's mouldering tops between With venerable grandeur mark the scene . IMG:content-0267.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Pertaining to pictorial design; of such na- ture as to tell a story or convey ideas through intelligible rendering of figures or other ob- jeets. [Recent.] As a general principle, there is far le antagonism be- tween what is decorative and what is scenic in painting than is sometimes supposed. Hence-2. Unreal, as in a play; conventional. Nay, this occasion, in me who look upon the distinc- tions amongst men to be merely scenical , raised reflections upon the emptine of all human perfection and greatne in general. Steele, Tatler, No. 167. scenically (sen'ior se'ni-kal-i), adv . In a scenic manner; theatrically. Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the ev'ning gale. Burns , Cottar's Saturday Night. The humble rosemary, Whose sweets so thankle ly are shed To scent the desert and the dead. Moore, Lalla Rookh, Light of the Harem. II. in trans. 1. To be or become scented; have odor; be odoriferous; smell. brimstone. Thunder bolts and lightnings doe sent strongly of Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxxv. 15. 2. To hunt or pursue by scent. scent (sent), n. [Better spelled sent , as in the verb; sent ; from the verb.] 1. An ef- fluvium from any body capable of affecting the olfactory sense and being perceived as a smell; anything that can be smelled; odor; smell; fragrance or perfume. Cloud-dividing eagles, that can tow'r Above the scent of these inferior things! Quarles, Emblems, v. 13. M. Arnold, Thyrsis. scenographer (sē-nog'ra-fer), n. [ sceпод- ro raph-y + -er1.] One who practises scenog- raphy. Apollo dor us was sciagrapher or scenographer according to Hesychius. scenographic (sē-nō-graf'ik), a . [= F. scéno- graph i que = Pg. scenografico , κός , σκηνογραφία , scene-painting: see scenog- raphy .] Of or pertaining to scenography; ical (se-no-graf'i-kal), a . [ -al .] -al.] Same as scenographic . phie = Sp. escenog phie = Sp. escenografía = Pg. It. scenogra Gr. σκηνογραφία , scene-painting, esp. in perspec- tive, σκηνογράφος , painting inting scenes, a scene- painter, σκηνή , scene, + γράφειν , write.] The representing g of an object, as a building, accord- ing to the rules of perspective, and from a point of view not on a principal axis. entirely by scent. C. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 306. 4. The odoriferous trace of an animal's pres- ence; the effluvium left by an animal in pa - ing, by means of which it may be tracked or trailed by smell; hence, the track of such an animal; the course of its pursuit: as, to lose or recover the scent , as dogs: often used figura- tively of any trace by which pursuit or inquiry of any kind can be guided. He... travelled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. Sir W. Temple . scent Depend on it that they're on the scent down there, and that, if he moved, he'd blow upon the thing at once. Dickens, Oliver Twist, xxvi. There is nothing more widely misleading than sagacity George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , i. 3. if it happens to get on a scent. Hence-5. Scraps of paper strewed on the ground by the pursued in the boys' game of hare and hounds, or by the "fox" in a paper-hunt, to enable the pursuers to track them or him. 6t. Inkling; faint knowledge or suspicion. I'll ne'er believe but Cæsar hath some scent Of bold Sejanus' footing. B. Jonson, Sejanus, iv. 5. Cold scent, a faint or weak scent discernible some time after an animal has pa ed. He was used for coursing the deer, but his nose was good enough for hunting even a cold scent. Dogs of Great Britain and America , p. 34. 5386 A ve el with a scent-pore (sent'por), n. In entom., the orifice of a scent-organ, specifically of the met asternal scent-organs. See met asternal. scent-vase (sent'vas), n. pierced cover, designed to contain perfumes. Compare ca olette, 2. scent-vesicle (sent' vesi-kl), n. A vesicle containing odoriferous matter. scent wood (sent'wud), n. A low bushy shrub, Alyxia buxifolia, of the Apocynaceæ, found in Australia and Tasmania. Also Tonka - bean wood and heath - box.