scupper plug (sku per plug)

Naut., a plug to stop a scupper. scupper-valve (skup'er-valv), n. Naut., a flap valve outside of a scupper, to prevent the seawater from entering, but permitting flow from the inside. It is usually held in place by a lanyard. scuppett, scuppitt (skup'et, -it), n. [Cf. scop pet.] A shovel or spade of uniform width, with the sides turned a little inward. Hall i well. What scuppet have we then to free the heart of this muddy pollution? Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 267. scuppett, v. t. [ scuppet , n.] To shovel, as with a scuppet: as, to scuppet sand. Nashe . scurl (sker), v.; pret. and pp. scurred , ppr. scur ring . [Also skirr ; a var. of scour2. Cf. scurry.] scurfy I. trans. 1. To graze, skim, or touch lightly; jerk. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] The broader puddles, though skirred by the breeze, found the net-work of ice veiling over them. R. D. Black more , Cripps, The Carrier, ii 2. To scour; pa over rapidly, as on horseback. Mount ye, spur ye, skirr the plain, That the fugitive may flee in vain! Byron, Siege of Corinth, xxii. II. in trans. To run or fly; flit hurriedly; [Obsolete or provincial.] scour. You shall have a coachman with cheeks like a trumpeter, and a wind in his mouth, blow him afore him as far as he can see him; or skirt over him with his bat's wings a mile and a half ere he can steer his wry neck to look where he is. B. Jonson, World in the Moon. The light shadows, That in a thought scur o'er the fields of corn, Halted on crutches to 'em. Fletcher , Bonduc a, i. 1. [Origin obscure.] A dwarfed See the quotation. [Scotch.]