3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scathe \Scathe\ (sk[=a][th]; 277), Scath \Scath\ (sk[a^]th;
277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scathed} (sk[=a][th]d or
sk[a^]tht); p. pr & vb n. {Scathing} (sk[=a][th]"[i^]ng or
sk[a^]th"-).] [Icel. ska[eth]a; akin to AS scea[eth]an,
sce[eth][eth]an, Dan. skade, Sw skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG.
scad[=o]n, Goth. ska[thorn]jan.]
To do harm to to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or
mountain pines. --Milton.
Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.
--W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scath \Scath\ (sk[a^]th; 277), n. [Icel. ska[eth]i; akin to Dan.
skade, Sw skada, AS scea[eth]a, sca[eth]a, foe, injurer,
OS ska[eth]o, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G.
schade, schaden; cf Gr 'askhqh`s unharmed. Cf {Scathe},
v.]
Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also
{scathe}.]
But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe.
--Chaucer.
Great mercy, sure for to enlarge a thrall, Whose
freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. --Spenser.
Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make
treble satisfaction. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
scathe
n : the act of damaging something or someone [syn: {damage}, {harm},
{hurt}]
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