scrip 1
n.
5ME scrippe < ML scrippa: see SCARF16 [Archaic] a small bag, wallet, or satchel
scrip 2
n.
5contr. < SCRIPT6
1 a brief writing, as a note, list, receipt, etc.
2 a small piece or scrap, esp. of paper
3 a certificate of a right to receive something; specif., a) a certificate representing a fraction of a share of stock b) a temporary paper to be exchanged for money, goods, land, etc. >c) a certificate of indebtedness, issued as currency, as by a local government during a financial depression
>4 paper money in amounts of less than a dollar, formerly issued in the U.S.; fractional currency
scrivello - an elephant’s tusk
scdub, scrujpulous, scrutineer, scudded, scuffle, scum
scunt - = SCavenger huNT . Scavenger Hunt involves two teams trying to obtain items on a list of essentally useless discarded objects. Got a bad name from vandalism in acquistion of required items
scumble
vt.
3bled, 3bling 5freq. of prec.6
1 a) to soften the outlines or color of (a painting) by applying a thin coat of opaque color b) to apply (color) in this manner
2 to soften the outlines of (a drawing) by rubbing or blurring
3 to make by either of these processes
n.
1 a coat of color added in scumbling
2 the softening of outline produced by scumbling
scup
n.,
pl. scup or scups 5< earlier scuppaug < Narragansett mishcuppaHog, pl. of mishc_p6 a brown-and-white porgy (Stenotomus chrysops) found along the N Atlantic coast of the U.S.
I have eaten many of them. Very good.
scuppang - nothing found on search
scurrilousness, scurry,
scutage
n.
5ML scutagium < L scutum, a shield: see SCUTUM6 a tax paid by the holder of a knight‘s fee, usually in lieu of feudal military service
scuttled, seafarer, seafowl, season, secession, sect, sectarian,
sectile
adj.
5Fr < L sectilis < secare, to cut: see SAW16
1 capable of being cut smoothly with a knife
sector, securely; security, sedimentary, seditious, seditionary, seedbed, seedy, seer, seething, segmentate,
seicento = 1700
se\igneur,
seismantical - relating to earthquakes
seismograph - tracing made by earthquake detector
sejant or sejeant
adj.
5Anglo-Fr seiant, prp. of seier (OFr seoir), to sit < L sedere, to SIT6 Heraldry sitting erect with the forepaws resting on the ground !a lion sejant"
selector, selfless,
semainier - a tall chest of drawers, (one for every day of the week, oh, goody)
semanticize (I refuse to)
