scoop, scope

[A. S. skopa = a scoop; cogn. with O. Dut. schaepe, schuppe = a scoop, a shovel; Dan. skuffe a shovel; Ger. schüppe; and perhaps with Eng. shovel (q. v.); O. Fr. escope; Fr. escop.] 1 A thin metallic shovel with hollowing, capacious sides for handling grain; a grain-shovel. 2. A similar, but smaller utensil, made of tinplate, ., and used for lifting sugar, flour, or the like. 3. A contrivance for baling where the lift is mod4. The bucket of a dredging-machine. erate. 5. A tool for scooping out potato-eyes from the tubers. 6. A spoon-shaped instrument for extracting for eign bodies, as a bullet from a wound, calculi from the bladder, objects from the external ear, nasal fo æ, . 7. A sort of pan for holding coals, a coal-scuttle. #8. A basin-like cavity. natural or artificial; a hollow. 9. A cant term on the Stock Exchange for a sudden breaking down of prices for the purpose of buying stocks at cheaper rates, followed by a rise. 10. In newspaper language a beat; exclusive information. ( Slang Dictionary .)