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scupper


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scupper  \Scup"per\,  n.  [OF.  escopir  escupir  to  spit,  perhaps 
  for  escospir  L.  ex  +  conspuere  to  spit  upon  pref.  con-  + 
  spuere  to  spit.  Cf  {Spit},  v.]  (Naut.) 
  An  opening  cut  through  the  waterway  and  bulwarks  of  a  ship, 
  so  that  water  falling  on  deck  may  flow  overboard;  --  called 
  also  {scupper  hole}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scupper 
  n  :  allows  water  on  the  deck  of  a  vessel  to  flow  overboard 
  v  1:  wait  in  hiding  to  attack  [syn:  {ambush},  {bushwhack},  {waylay}, 
  {lurk},  {ambuscade},  {lie  in  wait}] 
  2:  put  in  a  dangerous,  disadvantageous,  or  difficult  position 
  [syn:  {queer},  {expose},  {endanger},  {peril}] 




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