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scuttle

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuttle  \Scut"tle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scuttled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Scuttling}.] 
  1.  To  cut  a  hole  or  holes  through  the  bottom,  deck,  or  sides 
  of  (as  of  a  ship),  for  any  purpose. 
 
  2.  To  sink  by  making  holes  through  the  bottom  of  as  to 
  scuttle  a  ship. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuttle  \Scut"tle\,  n.  [AS.  scutel  a  dish,  platter;  cf  Icel. 
  skutill  both  fr  L.  scutella,  dim.  of  scutra,  scuta,  a  dish 
  or  platter;  cf  scutum  a  shield.  Cf  {Skillet}.] 
  1.  A  broad,  shallow  basket. 
 
  2.  A  wide-mouthed  vessel  for  holding  coal:  a  coal  hod. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuttle  \Scut"tle\,  v.  i.  [For  scuddle,  fr  scud.] 
  To  run  with  affected  precipitation;  to  hurry;  to  bustle;  to 
  scuddle. 
 
  With  the  first  dawn  of  day  old  Janet  was  scuttling 
  about  the  house  to  wake  the  baron.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuttle  \Scut"tle\,  n. 
  A  quick  pace;  a  short  run.  --Spectator. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuttle  \Scut"tle\,  n.  [OF.  escoutille  F.  ['e]scoutille,  cf 
  Sp  escotilla  probably  akin  to  Sp  escoter  to  cut  a  thing  so 
  as  to  make  it  fit  to  hollow  a  garment  about  the  neck, 
  perhaps  originally,  to  cut  a  bosom-shaped  piece  out  and  of 
  Teutonic  origin;  cf  D.  schoot  lap,  bosom,  G.  schoss,  Goth. 
  skauts  the  hem  of  a  garnment.  Cf  {Sheet}  an  expanse.] 
  1.  A  small  opening  in  an  outside  wall  or  covering,  furnished 
  with  a  lid.  Specifically: 
  a  (Naut.)  A  small  opening  or  hatchway  in  the  deck  of  a 
  ship,  large  enough  to  admit  a  man,  and  with  a  lid  for 
  covering  it  also  a  like  hole  in  the  side  or  bottom 
  of  a  ship. 
  b  An  opening  in  the  roof  of  a  house,  with  a  lid. 
 
  2.  The  lid  or  door  which  covers  or  closes  an  opening  in  a 
  roof,  wall,  or  the  like 
 
  {Scuttle  butt},  or  {Scuttle  cask}  (Naut.),  a  butt  or  cask 
  with  a  large  hole  in  it  used  to  contain  the  fresh  water 
  for  daily  use  in  a  ship. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scuttle 
  n  1:  for  holding  coal;  shaped  to  permit  pouring  the  coal  onto  the 
  fire  [syn:  {coal  scuttle}] 
  2:  an  entrance  equipped  with  a  hatch;  especially  a  passageway 
  between  decks  of  a  ship  [syn:  {hatchway},  {opening}] 
  v  :  to  move  about  or  proceed  hurriedly:  "so  terrified  by  the 
  extraordinary  ebbing  of  the  sea  that  they  scurried  to 
  higher  ground."  [syn:  {scurry},  {scamper},  {skitter}]




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