scoult

and n. An obsolete form of scowl. scould, v . and n. An obsolete form of scold . Scoulton pewit. See pewit . scoundrel (skoun'drel), n. and a. [With ex- crescent d (as in thunder , tender , etc.), for ear- lier * scounrel , * scounerel , with suffix -el , denot- ing a person, scouner , scunner , disgust, cause loathing, also feel disgust at, loathe, shun; or from the related noun, * scouner , scunner , scon- ner , an object of disgust, also one who shrinks through fear, a coward: see scunner , v . and n., and the ult. source shun. This etymology, due to Skeat, is no doubt correct; but the ab- sence of early quotations leaves it uncertain whether the orig. sense was 'one who shuns or shrinks, i. e. a coward, or 'one who causes disgust,' 'one who is shunned.'] I. n. A base, mean, worthle fellow; a rascal; a low vil- lain; a man without honor or virtue. By this hand, they are scoundrels and substractors. Shak., T. N., i. 3. 36. =Syn. Knave, rogue, cheat, swindler, sharper. II. a . Belonging to or characteristic of a scoundrel; base; mean; unprincipled. "A penny saved is a penny got." Firm to this scoundrel maxim keepeth he. Thomson, Castle of Indolence, i. 50. scoundrel dom (skoun'drel-dum), n. [ scoun drel +-dom . ] Scoundrels collectively, or their ways or habits; scoundrel ism. IMG:content-0349.jpg:[blocks in formation]