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SCUTTLES?
You bet. "...And straight to the bottom went she." See Child Ballad # Something-or-other; recorded by Burl Ives in the Forties and Joan Baez in the Sixties.

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Sure. It's also something bugs do.

I think officially that's called "transitive" and "intransitive" - the Captain scuttles his ship (v.t.), but the earwig scuttles across the floor(v.i.).

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COASTAL

A --> E

LOCATES

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CLOSET

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SLOWEST

0-1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 is

TWOLESS

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WITLESS

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WITNESS

S --> R

WINTERS

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