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scath

scath

 

  2  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.