Scaturient, skā-tū′ri-ent, adj. gushing like water from a fountain. [L. scaturīre, to gush out.]
Scaud, skäd, v.t. (Scot.) to scald: to scold.
Scaup, skawp, n. a sea-duck of genus Aythya, of northern regions, related to the pochard. [Ice. skálp—in skálp-hæna.]
Scauper, skaw′pėr, n. a tool with semicircular face, used by engravers. [Prob. scalper.]
Scaur, skär, a Scotch form of scare.
Scaur, skawr, n. a precipitous bank or rock.—Also Scar. [Scar.]
Scaury, skä′ri, n. a young gull in Shetland. [Scand., Sw. skiura.]
Scavage, skav′āj, n. a duty or toll anciently exacted by mayors, &c., on goods exposed for sale.
Scavenger, skav′en-jėr, n. one who cleans the streets: an animal which feeds on carrion: a child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton-mill.—ns. Scav′agery, street-cleansing; Scav′aging.—v.t. Scav′enge, to cleanse.—ns. Scav′enger-bee′tle, a beetle which acts as a scavenger; Scav′enger-crab, any crab which feeds on decaying animal matter; Scav′engering; Scav′engerism; Scav′engery.—Scavenger's daughter, an instrument of torture by pressure with an iron hoop, invented by Sir W. Skevington, Lieutenant of the Tower under Henry VIII. [Orig. scavager, an inspector of goods for sale, and also of the streets; from scavage, duty on goods for sale—A.S. sceawian, to inspect; cf. Show.]
Scavernick, skav′ėr-nik, n. (Cornish) a hare.