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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread scuttle #92307 01/16/2003 2:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 There are many meanings to scuttle: scut[tle1 7skut4‘l8 n. 5ME scutel, a dish < OE < L scutella, salver, dim. of scutra, flat dish6 1 a broad, open basket for carrying grain, vegetables, etc. 2 a kind of bucket, usually with a wide lip, used for pouring coal on a fire: in full coal scuttle scut[tle2 7skut4‘l8 vi. 3tled, 3tling 5ME scutlen, prob. akin to SCUD6 to run or move quickly; scurry, esp. away from danger, trouble, etc. n. a scurry or scamper; hasty flight scut[tle3 7skut4‘l8 n. 5LME skottelle < MFr escoutille, trapdoor < Sp escotilla, an indentation, hollowing < escote, a notch, tuck, prob. < Goth skauts, seam, border; akin to OE sceat, SHEET16 1 an opening in a wall or roof, fitted with a lid or cover 2 a small, covered opening or hatchway in the outer hull or deck of a ship 3 the lid or cover for any such opening vt. 3tled, 3tling 1 to make or open holes in the hull of (a ship or boat) below the waterline; esp., to sink in this way 2 to scrap or abandon (a plan, undertaking, etc.) And on long voyages, many a butt gets scuttled. Some get basckscuttled. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Post deleted by Wordwind #92308 01/16/2003 2:10 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scuttlebutt #92309 01/16/2003 2:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 T;he scuttlebutt was a barrel or cask of water that had been opened. Scuttlebutt was the gossip that centered acround it. I'm glad you didn't ask for a divinition of backscuttle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scuttlebutt #92310 01/16/2003 2:56 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >I'm glad you didn't ask for a divinition well how about a pronouncement then, oh Second Master of the Divine Typo.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scuttlebutt #92311 01/25/2003 4:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia Solamente, Doug. member Solamente, Doug. member Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia Sounds like scuttlebutt is the precursor to today's gossip heard 'round the water-cooler. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scuttlebutt #92312 01/27/2003 5:24 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Yeah...what would be a good word derived from that? Coolbuzz? I wonder if I heard it on the 'grapevine' has a similar origin? ICLIU, but gotta close in a moment. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scuttlebutt #92313 01/27/2003 5:32 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 if I heard it on the 'grapevine' has a similar origin? Michael Quinion seems pretty confident on this: http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-gra2.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scuttlebutt #92314 01/28/2003 11:46 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Thanks for that - it does seem a pretty clear and interesting derivation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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