SCAUPER
Scaup"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Scalper.]
Defn: A tool with a semicircular edge, — used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. Fairholt.
SCAUR
Scaur, n.
Defn: A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
SCAVAGE Scav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to lock at to inspect. See Show.] (O.Eng. Law)
Defn: A toll duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Cowell.
SCAVENGE
Scav"enge, v. t.
Defn: To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley.
SCAVENGER
Scav"en*ger, n. Etym: [OE. scavager an officer with various duties,
orginally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage,
Show, v.]
Defn: A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the fifth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. — Scavanger crab (Zoöl.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. — Scavenger's daughter Etym: [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from nostrils. and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc.