Scots Fusileer Guards. See [Guards].
Scots Grays. The 2d regiment of dragoons in the British service is so named. They are considered a superior body of cavalry, and bear as their motto “Second to None.”
Scott Projectile. See [Projectile].
Scotussa. A very ancient town of Thessaly, in the district of Pelasgiotis, near the source of the Cynoscephalæ, where Flamininus gained his celebrated victory over Philip, 197 B.C.
Scour, To. This term is frequently used to express the act of discharging ordnance or musketry, rapidly and heavily, for the purpose of dislodging an enemy. Hence, to scour the rampart, or the covert way. It likewise signifies to clear, to drive away; as, to scour the seas; also to run about in a loose desultory manner; as, to scour the country. To scour a line, is to flank it, so as to see directly along it, that a musket-ball entering at one end may fly to the other, leaving no place of security.
Scout. A person sent out in the front or on the flank of an army to observe the force and movements of the enemy. He should be a keen observer, and withal fleet of foot, or well mounted.
Scout-master-General. A person, formerly so called, under whose direction all the scouts and army messengers were placed.
Screw. See [Elevating Screw].
Screw-jack. See [Implements].
Scribe (Heb. Sofer). Among the Jews, originally a kind of military officer, whose business appears to have been the recruiting and organizing of troops, the levying of war-taxes, and the like. At a later period, especially at the time of Christ, it had come to designate a learned man, a doctor of the law.