SCAMPAVIA
Scam`pa*vi"a, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.
SCAMPER Scam"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering.] Etym: [OF. escamper to escape, to save one's self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.]
Defn: To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner;
to hasten away. Macaulay.
The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room
after a mouse. S. Sharpe.
SCAMPER
Scam"per, n.
Defn: A scampering; a hasty flight.
SCAMPERER
Scam"per*er, n.
Defn: One who scampers. Tyndell.
SCAMPISH
Scamp"ish, a.
Defn: Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.