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#107076 07/05/03 06:49 PM
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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)







#107077 07/05/03 07:37 PM
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- I suspect 'scuppang' was actually 'scuppaug', a kind of fish

- scumble was one of my favorite wwftds, and Wolinsky's too: http://www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm

- scrivello was once used to make billiard balls; this was a hogwash® word (but this serves to remind me that I should add this to the wwftd backlog)!




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semanticize (I refuse to)

Very wise, Bill ~ it's not good for the eyes



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