English-Thai Dictionary

Scorpio

N ราศี พฤศจิก (สัญลักษณ์ คือ  แมงป่อง  scorpius ra-se-pued-ji

 

scorbutic

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ โรคเลือด ออก ตาม ไรฟัน  เกี่ยวกับ โร คลัก ปิด ลัก เปิด  kiao-kab-rok-luad-ook-tam-lai-fan

 

scorbutical

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ โรคเลือด ออก ตาม ไรฟัน  เกี่ยวกับ โร คลัก ปิด ลัก เปิด  kiao-kab-rok-luad-ook-tam-lai-fan

 

scorch

VI ย่าง เกรียม  ไหม้ เกรียม  burn parch roast singe yang-kiam

 

scorch

VT ย่าง เกรียม  ไหม้ เกรียม  burn parch roast singe yang-kiam

 

scorch

VT แผล ไหม้ เกรียม  pare-mai-kiam

 

scorch out

PHRV เผา ทำลาย  pao-tam-lai

 

scorcher

N ผู้ทำ ให้ ไหม้ เกรียม  สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ไหม้ เกรียม  ความร้อน ที่ แผดเผา  วันท ร้อน มาก  phu-tam-hai-mai-kiam

 

scorching

ADJ ซึ่ง แผดเผา  ร้อน มาก  ซึ่ง ทำให้ แสบ ร้อน  very hot unbearably hot freezing suengpad-pao

 

score

N การ ทำคะแนน  การ ทำแต้ม  summation kan-tam-ka-nean

 

score

N คะแนน  แต้ม  amount final tally sum ka-nean

 

score

N รอยขีด  count number stock roi-kid

 

score

N โน้ตเพลง  arrangement orchestration transcript nod-plang

 

score

VI คิด คะแนน  kid-ka-nean

 

score

VI ทำแต้ม  ทำคะแนน (ใน การแข่งขัน  tam-team

 

score

VT คิด คะแนน  calculate reckon total kid-ka-nean

 

score

VT ทำแต้ม  ทำคะแนน (ใน การแข่งขัน  tam-team

 

score

VT ทำให้ เป็น รอย  ทำ รอยบาก  chalk up gain a point rack up tam-hai-pen-roi

 

score off

PHRV ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้  เอาชนะ  tam-hai-pai-pare

 

score off

PHRV พยายาม ทำคะแนน (กีฬา คริก เก็ต  pa-ya-yam-tam-ka-nea

 

score out

PHRV ลาก  ผ่าน  ขัด ออก  cross out lak-pan

 

score over

PHRV ได้เปรียบ เหนือ  dai-priab-nuan

 

score up

PHRV บันทึก  ลงบัญชี  chalk up ban-tuek

 

score up against

PHRV บันทึก ว่า (คนอื่น  ไม่มีค่า หรือ ไร้ค่า  ban-tuek-wa-mai-me-ka

 

scoreboard

N กระดาน จด คะแนน  ป้าย บอก คะแนน  kra-dan-jod-ka-nean

 

scorecard

N บัตรลงคะแนน  บัตร บันทึก คะแนน  บัตร บันทึก ผู้เข้าร่วม แข่งขัน  bad-long-ka-nean

 

scoreline

N ผลการแข่งขัน  pon-kan-kang-kan

 

scoria

N กาก โลหะ  กาก แร่  เถ้า ภูเขาไฟ 

 

scorification

N การ ทำให้ เป็น กาก โลหะ  กาก แร่ 

 

scorify

VT ทำให้ เป็น กาก โลหะ  กาก แร่ 

 

scorn

N การเหยียดหยาม  การ ดูถูก  contempt disdain mockery sarcasm kan-yiad-yam

 

scorn

VT ดูหมิ่น  ดูถูก  disdain du-min

 

scorner

N ผู้ ดูหมิ่น  phu-du-min

 

scornful

ADJ ดูถูก  ดูหมิ่น  รังเกียจ  contemptous disdainful du-tuk

 

scornfulness

N การ ดูหมิ่น  kan-du-min

 

scorpio

N กลุ่ม ดาว แมงป่อง  ราศีพิจิก 

 

scorpion

N แมงป่อง  mang-pong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCORBUTE

n.[L. scorbutus. ] Scurvy. [Not in use. ]

 

SCORBUTIC, SCORBUTICAL

a.[L. scorbutus, the scurvy. See Scurf, Scurvy. ] 1. Affected or diseased with scurvy; as a scorbutic person.
2. Pertaining to scurvy, or partaking of its nature; as scorbutic complaints or symptoms.
3. Subject to scurvy; as a scorbutic habit.

 

SCORBUTICALLY

adv. With the scurvy, or with a tendency to it; as a woman scorbutically affected.

 

SCORCE

[See Scorse. ]

 

SCORCH

v.t. 1. To burn superficially; to subject to a degree of heat that changes the color of a thing, or both the color and texture of the surface. Fire will scorch linen or cotton very speedily in extremely cold weather.
2. To burn; to affect painfully with heat. Scorched with the burning sun or burning sands of Africa.

 

SCORCH

v.i.To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. Scatter a little mungy straw and fern among your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.

 

SCORCHED

pp. Burnt on the surface; pained by heat.

 

SCORCHING

ppr. Burning on the surface; paining by heat.

 

SCORCHING-FENNEL

n.A plant of the genus Thapsia; deadly carrot.

 

SCORDIUM

n.[L.] A plant, the water-germander, a species of Teucrium.

 

SCORE

n. 1. A notch or incision; hence, the number twenty. Our ancestors, before the knowledge of writing, numbered and kept accounts of numbers by cutting notches on a stick or tally, and making one notch the representative of twenty. A simple mark answered the same purpose.
2. A line drawn.
3. An account or reckoning; as, he paid his score.
4. An account kept of something past; an epoch; an era.
5. Debt, or account of debt.
6. Account; reason; motive.
But left the trade, as many more have lately done on the same score.
7. Account; sake.
You act your kindness of Cydaria's score.
8. In music, the original and entire draught of any composition, or its transcript.
To quit scores, to pay fully; to make even by giving an equivalent.
A song in score, the words with the musical notes of a song annexed.

 

SCORE

v.t. 1. To notch; to cut and chip for the purpose of preparing for hewing; as, to score timber.
2. To cut; to engrave.
3. To mark by a line.
4. To set down as a debt.
Madam, I know when, instead of five, you scored me ten.
5. To set down or take as an account; to charge; as, to score follies.
6. To form a score in music.

 

SCORED

pp. Notched; set down; marked; prepared for hewing. In botany, a scored stem is marked with parallel lines or grooves.

 

SCORIA

n.[L. from the Gr. rejected matter, that which is thrown off. ] Dross; the recrement of metals in fusion, or the mass produced by melting metals and ores.

 

SCORIACEOUS

a.Pertaining to dross; like dross or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

 

SCORIFICATION

n.In metallurgy, the act or operation of reducing a body, either wholly or in part, into scoria.

 

SCORIFIED

pp. Reduced to scoria.

 

SCORIFORM

a.[L. scoria and form. ] Like scoria; in the form of dross.

 

SCORIFY

v.t.To reduce to scoria or drossy matter.

 

SCORIFYING

ppr. Reducing to scoria.

 

SCORING

ppr. Notching; marking; setting down as an account or debt; forming a score.

 

SCORIOUS

a.Drossy; recrementitious.

 

SCORN

n. 1. Extreme contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the meanness of an object, and a consciousness or belief of his own superiority or worth.
He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Esther 3:6.
Every sullen frown and bitter scorn but fann'd the fuel that too fast did burn.
2. A subject of extreme contempt, disdain or derision; that which is treated with contempt.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. Psalm 44:13.
To think scorn, to disdain; to despise. Obs.
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
They laughed us to scorn. Nehemiah 2:19.

 

SCORN

v.t. 1. to hold in extreme contempt; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. Job 16:2 .
Surely he scorneth the scorner; but he giveth grace to the lowly. Proverbs 3:34.
2. to think unworth; to disdain.
Fame that delights around the world to stray, scorns not to take our Argos in her way.
3. To slight; to disregard; to neglect.
This my long suff'rance and my day of grace, those who neglect and scorn, shall never taste.

 

SCORN

v.i.To scorn at, to scoff at; to treat with contumely, derision or reproach. Obs.

 

SCORNED

pp. Extremely contemned or despised; disdained.

 

SCORNER

n. 1. One that scorns; a contemner; a despiser.
They are great scorners of death.
2. A scoffer; a derider; in Scripture, one who scoffs at religion, its ordinances and teachers, and who makes a mock of sin and the judgments and threatenings of God against sinners. Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 19:25.

 

SCORNFUL

a. 1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.
Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns.
2. Acting in defiance or disregard.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
3. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.

 

SCORNFULLY

adv. With extreme contempt; contemptuously; insolently. The sacred rights of the christian church are scornfully trampled on in print -

 

SCORNFULNESS

n.The quality of being scornful.

 

SCORNING

ppr. Holding in great contempt; despising; disdaining.

 

SCORNING

n.The act of contemning; a treating with contempt, slight or disdain. How long will the scorners delight in their scorning? Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 123:4.

 

SCORPION

n.[L. scorpio; Gr. probably altered from the Oriental. ] 1. In zoology, an insect of the genus Scorpio, or rather the genus itself, containing several species, natives of southern or warm climates. This animal has eight feet, two claws in front, eight eyes, three on each side of the thorax and two on the back, and a long jointed tail ending in a pointed weapon or sting. It is found in the south of Europe, where it seldom exceeds four inches in length. In tropical climates, it grows to a foot in length, and resembles a lobster. The sting of this animal is sometimes fatal to life.
2. In Scripture, a painful scourge; a kind of whip armed with points like a scorpion's tail. 1 Kings 12:11.
Malicious and crafty men, who delight in injuring others, are compared to scorpions. Ezekiel 2:6.
3. In astronomy, the eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters, Oct. 23.
4. A sea fish. [L. scorpius. ]
Water scorpion, an aquatic insect of the genus Nepa.

 

SCORPION-FLY

n.An insect of the genus Panorna, having a tail which resembles that of a scorpion.

 

SCORPION-GRASS, SCORPIONS TAIL

n.A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with trailing herbaceous stalks, and producing a pod resembling a caterpillar, whence it is called caterpillars. The mouse-ear scorpion-grass, is of the genus Myosotis.

 

SCORPION-SENNA

n.A plant of the genus Coronilla.

 

SCORPIONS-THORN

n.A plant of the genus Ulex.

 

SCORPION-WORT

n.A plant, the Ornithopus scorpioides.

 

SCORSE

n.[L. ex and cursus. ] A course or dealing; barter. Obs.

 

SCORSE

v.t. 1. To chase. Obs.
2. To barter or exchange. Obs.

 

SCORSE

v.i.To deal for the purchase of a horse. Obs.

 

SCORTATORY

a.[L. scortator, from scortor.] Pertaining to or consisting in lewdness.

 

SCORZA

n.[L. ex and cortex. ] In mineralogy, a variety of epidote.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCORBUTE

Scor "bute, n. Etym: [LL. scorbutus: cf. F. scorbut. See Scurvy, n.]

 

Defn: Scurry. [Obs. ] Purchas.

 

SCORBUTIC; SCORBUTICAL

Scor *bu "tic, Scor *bu "tic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med. )

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- Scor *bu "tic *al *ly, adv.

 

SCORBUTUS

Scor *bu "tus, n. Etym: [LL. See Scorbute. ] (Med. )

 

Defn: Scurvy.

 

SCORCE

SCORCE Scorce, n.

 

Defn: Barter. [Obs. ] See Scorse.

 

SCORCH

Scorch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scorching. ]Etym: [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrökka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skråkkla to wrinkle (see Shrug ); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. écorcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork ); because the skin falls off when scorched. ]

 

1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. Summer drouth or singed air never scorch thy tresses fair. Milton.

 

2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. Prior.

 

3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. Rev. xvi. 8. The fire that scorches me to death. Dryden.

 

SCORCH

SCORCH Scorch, v. i.

 

1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. Mortimer.

 

2. To burn or be burnt. he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scoch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. Hawthorne.

 

SCORCHING

SCORCHING Scorch "ing, a.

 

Defn: Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. -- Scorch "ing *ly, adv. -- Scorch "ing *ness, n.

 

SCORE

Score, n. Etym: [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divice; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. skåra. See Shear. ]

 

1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account. Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. Shak.

 

2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness. He parted well, and paid his score. Shak.

 

3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf. But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. Hudibras. You act your kindness in Cydria's score. Dryden.

 

4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl. , a large number. Amongst three or four score hogsheads. Shak. At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by score. Macaulay.

 

5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. Halliwell.

 

6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

 

8. line drawn; a groove or furrow.

 

9. (Mus. )

 

Defn: The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. Moore (Encyc. of Music ). In score (Mus. ), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. Smart. -- To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation. Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it South.

 

SCORE

Score, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored; p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ]

 

1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash. Let us score their backs. Shak. A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand. M. Arnold.

 

2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

 

3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account; to set down; to record; to charge. Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me ten. Swift. Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. Shak.

 

4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] Spenser.

 

5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc. , in a game.

 

6. (Mus. )

 

Defn: To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.

 

7. (Geol.)

 

Defn: To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

 

SCORER

SCORER Scor "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, scores.

 

SCORIA

Sco "ri *a, n.; pl. Scorlæ. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

 

1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the eduction of metallic ores; dross.

 

2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.

 

SCORIAC

SCORIAC Sco "ri *ac, a.

 

Defn: Scoriaceous. E. A. Poe.

 

SCORIACEOUS

Sco `ri *a "ceous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. scoriacé.]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.

 

SCORIE

SCORIE Sco "rie, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The young of any gull. [Written also scaurie.] [prov. Eng. ]

 

SCORIFICATION

Sco `ri *fi *ca "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. scorification. See Scorify. ](Chem. )

 

Defn: The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.

 

SCORIFIER

SCORIFIER Sco "ri *fi `er, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.

 

SCORIFORM

SCORIFORM Sco "ri *form, a.

 

Defn: In the form of scoria.

 

SCORIFY

Sco "ri *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorified; p. pr. & vb. n.Scorifying. ] Etym: [Scoria + -fy: cf. F. scorifier. ] (Chem. )

 

Defn: To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc. , thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.

 

SCORIOUS

SCORIOUS Sco "ri *ous, a.

 

Defn: Scoriaceous. Sir T. Browne.

 

SCORN

Scorn, n. Etym: [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn,eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock. ]

 

1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.

 

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden.

 

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13. To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone. " Esther iii. 6. -- To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to redicule as contemptible.

 

Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.

 

SCORN

Scorn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned; p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ] Etym: [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarning, escharnir. See Scorn, n.]

 

1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. Shak. This my long sufference, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith.

 

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer. To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.

 

SCORN

SCORN Scorn, v. i.

 

Defn: To scoff; to act disdainfully. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I remembered, scorned at me. Shak.

 

SCORNER

SCORNER Scorn "er, n.

 

Defn: One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death. " Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

 

SCORNFUL

SCORNFUL Scorn "ful, a.

 

1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

 

2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs. ] The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent. -- Scorn "ful *ly, adv. -- Scorn "ful *ness, n.

 

SCORNY

SCORNY Scorn "y, a.

 

Defn: Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs. ]

 

SCORODITE

Scor "o *dite, n. Etym: [G. scorodit; -- so called in allusion to its smell under the blowpipe, from Gr. (Min. )

 

Defn: A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also skorodite. ]

 

SCORPAENOID

Scor *pæ "noid, a. Etym: [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see Scorpene )+ -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the family Scorpænidæ, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpænid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.

 

SCORPENE

Scor "pene, n. Etym: [F. scorpène, fr. L. scorpaena a kind of fish, Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A marine food fish of the genus Scorpæna, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa ), and the California species (S. guttata ).

 

SCORPER

SCORPER Scor "per, n.

 

Defn: Same as Scauper.

 

SCORPIO

Scor "pi *o, n.; pl. Scorpiones. Etym: [L.]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A scorpion.

 

2. (Astron.) (a ) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [scorpio ] in almanacs. (b ) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

 

SCORPIODEA

Scor `pi *o "de *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Same as Scorpiones.

 

SCORPIOID; SCORPIOIDAL

Scor "pi *oid, Scor `pi *oid "al, a. Etym: [Gr.

 

1. Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.

 

SCORPION

Scor "pi *on, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. sharp. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

 

Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post- abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The pine or gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus ). [Local, U.S.]

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: the scorpene.

 

4. (Script. )

 

Defn: A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 1 Kings xii. 11.

 

5. (Astron.)

 

Defn: A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

 

6. (Antiq.)

 

Defn: An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. Book scorpion. (Zoöl.) See under Book. -- False scorpion. (Zoöl.) See under False, and Book scorpion. -- Scorpion bug, or Water scorpion (Zoöl.) See Nepa. -- Scorpion fly (Zoöl.), a neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa. See Panorpid. -- Scorpion grass (Bot. ), a plant of the genus Myosotis. M. palustris is the forget-me-not. -- Sorpion senna (Bot. ), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub (Coronilla Emerus ) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. -- Scorpion shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See Pteroceras. -- Scorpion spiders. (Zoöl.), any one of the Pedipalpi. -- Scorpion's tail (Bot. ), any plant of the leguminous genus Scorpiurus, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called caterpillar. -- Scorpion's thorn (Bot. ), a thorny leguminous plant (Genista Scorpius ) of Southern Europe. -- The Scorpion's Heart (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio.

 

SCORPIONES

Scor `pi *o "nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

 

SCORPIONIDEA

Scor `pi *o *nid "e *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Same as Scorpiones.

 

SCORPIONWORT

SCORPIONWORT Scor "pi *on *wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpides ) of Southern Europe, having curved pods.

 

SCORSE

Scorse ( or ), n. Etym: [Cf. It. scorsa a course, and E. discourse. ]

 

Defn: Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs. ] And recompensed them with a better scorse. Spenser.

 

SCORSE

Scorse, v. t. Etym: [Written also scourse, and scoss.]

 

1. To barter or exchange. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

2. To chase. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

SCORSE

SCORSE Scorse, v. i.

 

Defn: To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

SCORTATORY

Scor "ta *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. scorator a fornicator, from scortari to fornicate, scortum a prostitute. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scorbutic

scor bu tic |skôrˈbyo͞otik skɔrˈbjudɪk | ▶adjective relating to or affected with scurvy. See also antiscorbutic. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin scorbuticus, from medieval Latin scorbutus ‘scurvy, ’ perhaps from Middle Low German schorbūk (from schoren ‘to break ’ + būk ‘belly ’).

 

scorch

scorch |skôrCH skɔrtʃ | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] burn the surface of (something ) with flame or heat: surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast. • [ no obj. ] become burned when exposed to heat or a flame: the meat had scorched. • (often as adj. scorched ) (of the heat of the sun ) cause (vegetation or a place ) to become dried out and lifeless: a desolate, scorched landscape. 2 [ no obj. ] informal (of a person or vehicle ) move very fast: a sports car scorching along the expressway. ▶noun the burning or charring of the surface of something: [ as modifier ] : a scorch mark. • Botany a form of plant necrosis, typically of fungal origin, marked by browning of leaf margins. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shriveled. ’

 

scorched earth policy

scorched earth pol i cy |skɔrtʃt ərθ ˈpɑləsi | ▶noun a military strategy of burning or destroying buildings, crops, or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.

 

scorcher

scorch er |ˈskôrCHər ˈskɔrtʃər | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal 1 a day or period of very hot weather: next week could be a real scorcher. 2 a remarkable or extreme example of something, in particular: • a very powerfully struck ball: Winfield hit a scorcher over the left field fence. • a sensational or very good book, film, or song. • a heated or violent argument.

 

scorching

scorch ing |ˈskôrCHiNG skɔrtʃɪŋ | ▶adjective very hot: the scorching July sun. • (of criticism ) harsh; severe. • informal very fast: she set a scorching pace. DERIVATIVES scorch ing ly adverb

 

scordatura

scor da tu ra |ˌskôrdəˈto͝orə ˌskɔrdəˈtʊrə | ▶noun Music the technique of altering the normal tuning of a stringed instrument to produce particular effects. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Italian, from scordare ‘be out of tune. ’

 

score

score |skôr skɔ (ə )r | ▶noun 1 the number of points, goals, runs, etc. , achieved in a game by a team or an individual: the final score was 25 –16 in favor of Washington. • informal an act of gaining a point, goal, or run in a game. • a rating or grade, such as a mark achieved in a test: an IQ score of 161. • (the score ) informal the state of affairs; the real facts about the present situation: “Hey, what's the score here, what's goin' on? ” • informal an act of buying illegal drugs. • informal the proceeds of a crime. 2 ( pl. same ) a group or set of twenty or about twenty: a score of men lost their lives in the battle | Doyle's success brought imitators by the score . • (scores of ) a large amount or number of something: he sent scores of enthusiastic letters to friends. 3 a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other. • the music composed for a movie or play. 4 a notch or line cut or scratched into a surface. • historical a running account kept by marks against a customer's name, typically in a tavern. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 gain (a point, goal, run, etc. ) in a competitive game: Penn State scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter | [ no obj. ] : Martinez scored on Anderson's sacrifice fly. • decide on the score to be awarded to (a competitor ): the judge must score each dog against this standard. • gain (a number of points ) for a competitor; be worth: each correct answer scores ten points. • decide on the scores to be awarded in (a game or competition ). • [ no obj. ] record the score during a game; act as scorer. • Baseball cause (a teammate ) to score: McNab singled, scoring Reynolds and Diaz. • informal secure (a success or an advantage ): the band scored a hit single. • [ no obj. ] informal be successful: [ with complement ] : his new movie scored big. • informal buy or acquire (something, typically illegal drugs ): Sally had scored some acid. • [ no obj. ] informal succeed in attracting a sexual partner, typically for a casual encounter. 2 orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music ), typically for a specified instrument or instruments: the Quartet Suite was scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo. • compose the music for (a movie or play ). 3 cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface ): score the card until you cut through. • historical record (a total owed ) by making marks against a customer's name: a slate on which the old man scored up vast accounts. • Medicine & Biology examine (experimentally treated cells, bacterial colonies, etc. ), making a record of the number showing a particular character. PHRASES keep ( the ) score register the score of a game as it proceeds. know the score informal be aware of the essential facts about a situation. on that (or this ) score so far as that (or this ) is concerned: my priority was to blend new faces into the team, and we have succeeded on that score. score points outdo another person, esp. in an argument. settle a (or the ) score 1 take revenge on someone for a past act. 2 dated pay off a debt or other obligation. DERIVATIVES score less adjective, scor er noun ORIGIN late Old English scoru ‘set of twenty, ’ from Old Norse skor ‘notch, tally, twenty, ’ of Germanic origin; related to shear. The verb (late Middle English ) is from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision. ’

 

scoreboard

score board |ˈskôrˌbôrd ˈskɔ (ə )rˌbɔ (ə )rd | ▶noun a large board on which the score in a game or match is displayed.

 

scorebox

score |box |ˈskəɔːbɒks | ▶noun Cricket a room or hut in which the official scorers work and on which the score is displayed for spectators.

 

scorecard

score card |ˈskôrˌkärd ˈskɔ (ə )rˌkɑrd |(also scoresheet or scorebook ) ▶noun (in sports ) a card, sheet, or book in which scores are entered.

 

score draw

score draw ▶noun a draw in soccer in which goals have been scored, especially as distinguished from a no-score draw in football pools.

 

scorekeeper

score keep er |ˈskôrˌkēpər ˈskɔrkipər | ▶noun a person who keeps the score of a game.

 

scoreline

score |line |ˈskɔːlʌɪn | ▶noun Brit. the number of points or goals scored in a match; the score. ORIGIN 1960s: extension of the original use denoting a line in a newspaper giving the score in a sports contest.

 

scoria

sco ri a |ˈskôrēə ˈskɔriə | ▶noun ( pl. scoriae |ˈskôrē -ē | ) a cindery, vesicular basaltic lava, typically having a frothy texture. • slag separated from molten metal during smelting. DERIVATIVES sco ri a ceous |ˌskôrēˈāSHəs |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting slag from molten metal ): via Latin from Greek skōria ‘refuse, ’ from skōr ‘dung. ’ The geological term dates from the late 18th cent.

 

scoring position

scor ing pos i tion ▶noun Baseball a runner's position on second or third base, from which scoring on a base hit is likely.

 

scorn

scorn |skôrn skɔrn | ▶noun the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt: I do not wish to become the object of scorn | [ in sing. ] : a general scorn for human life. • [ in sing. ] archaic a person viewed with such feeling: a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee. • archaic a statement or gesture indicating such feeling. ▶verb [ with obj. ] feel or express contempt or derision for: I was routinely ridiculed and scorned by conservatives and liberals alike. • reject (something ) in a contemptuous way: opponents scorned his offer to negotiate. • [ no obj., with infinitive ] refuse to do something because one is too proud: at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics. PHRASES pour (or heap ) scorn on speak with contempt or mockery of. DERIVATIVES scorn er noun ( rare )ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun ), escharnir (verb ), of Germanic origin.

 

scornful

scorn ful |ˈskôrnfəl ˈskɔrnfəl | ▶adjective feeling or expressing contempt or derision: the justices have been scornful of the government's conduct | scornful laughter. DERIVATIVES scorn ful ly adverb, scorn ful ness noun

 

scorper

scor per |ˈskôrpər ˈskɔrpər |(also scauper |ˈskôpər |) ▶noun a sharp chisel-like tool with a curved or squared cutting end, used to scoop out broad lines and areas when engraving wood or metal.

 

Scorpio

Scor pi o |ˈskôrpēˌō ˈskɔrpiˌoʊ |Astrology the eighth sign of the zodiac (the Scorpion ), which the sun enters about October 23. • (a Scorpio ) ( pl. Scorpios ) a person born when the sun is in this sign. DERIVATIVES Scor pi an |-pēən |noun & adjective ORIGIN Latin.

 

scorpioid

scor pi oid |ˈskôrpēˌoid ˈskɔrpiɔɪd | ▶adjective Zoology of, relating to, or resembling a scorpion. • Botany (of a flower cluster ) curled up at the end, and uncurling as the flowers develop. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek from skorpios ‘scorpion ’ + -oid .

 

scorpion

scor pi on |ˈskôrpēən ˈskɔrpiən | ▶noun a terrestrial arachnid with lobsterlike pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over the back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas. [Order Scorpiones. ] • used in names of other arachnids and insects resembling a scorpion, e.g., false scorpion, water scorpion. • (the Scorpion ) the zodiacal sign Scorpio or the constellation Scorpius. • (scorpions ) literary a whip with metal points. [with allusion to 1 Kings 12:11. ] ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin scorpio (n- ), based on Greek skorpios ‘scorpion. ’

 

scorpionfish

scor pi on fish |ˈskôrpēənˌfiSH ˈskɔrpiənˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or scorpionfishes ) a chiefly bottom-dwelling marine fish that is typically red in color and has spines on the head that are sometimes venomous. [Family Scorpaenidae: many genera and numerous species, including the redfishes and rockfishes. ]

 

scorpionfly

scor pi on fly |ˈskôrpēənˌflī ˈskɔrpiənflaɪ |(also scorpion fly ) ▶noun ( pl. scorpionflies ) a slender predatory insect with membranous wings, long legs, and a downward-pointing beak. The terminal swollen section of the male's abdomen is carried curved up like a scorpion's stinger. [Order Mecoptera: several families, in particular Panorpidae. ]

 

Scorpius

Scor pi us |ˈskôrpēəs ˈskɔrpiəs |Astronomy a large constellation (the Scorpion ). It contains the red giant Antares. • (as genitive Scorpii |ˈskôrpēˌī, -ˌē |) used with a preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation: the star Theta Scorpii. ORIGIN Latin.

 

Scorsese, Martin

Scor se se, Martin |skôrˈsāzē skɔrˈseɪzi | (1942 –), US movie director. Mean Streets (1973 ) marked the beginning of his long collaboration with Robert De Niro, which continued in Taxi Driver (1976 ), Raging Bull (1980 ), Goodfellas (1990 ), Cape Fear (1991 ), and Casino (1995 ). Other movies include the controversial The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 ).

 

scorzonera

scor zo ne ra |ˌskôrzəˈni (ə )rə ˌskɔrzəˈnɪrə | ▶noun a plant of the daisy family with tapering purple-brown edible roots. Also called black salsify, black oyster plant. [Scorzonera hispanica, family Compositae. ] • the root of this plant used as a vegetable. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Italian, from scorzone, from an alteration of medieval Latin curtio (n- ) ‘venomous snake ’ (against whose venom the plant may have been regarded as an antidote ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

scorbutic

scorbutic |skɔːˈbjuːtɪk | ▶adjective relating to or affected with scurvy. See also antiscorbutic. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin scorbuticus, from medieval Latin scorbutus ‘scurvy ’, perhaps from Middle Low German schorbūk (from schoren ‘to break ’ + būk ‘belly ’).

 

scorch

scorch |skɔːtʃ | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] burn the surface of (something ) with flame or heat: surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast. • [ no obj. ] become burnt when exposed to heat or a flame: the meat had scorched. • (often as adj. scorched ) (of the heat of the sun ) cause (vegetation or a place ) to become dried out and lifeless: a desolate, scorched landscape. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] informal (of a person or vehicle ) move very fast: a sports car scorching along the expressway. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the burning or charring of the surface of something: [ as modifier ] : a scorch mark. • Botany a form of plant necrosis, typically of fungal origin, marked by browning of leaf margins. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shrivelled ’.

 

scorched earth policy

scorched earth policy ▶noun a military strategy of burning or destroying crops or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.

 

scorcher

scorch ¦er |ˈskɔːtʃə | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal 1 a day or period of very hot weather: next week could be a real scorcher. 2 Brit. a remarkable or extreme example of something, in particular: • a very powerfully struck shot or kick. • a sensational or very good book, film, or play. • a violent argument. • dated a person who drives or cycles very fast.

 

scorching

scorching |ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ | ▶adjective very hot: the scorching July sun. • (of criticism ) harsh; severe. • informal very fast: she set a scorching pace. DERIVATIVES scorchingly adverb

 

scordatura

scordatura |ˌskɔːdəˈtjʊərə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Music the technique of altering the normal tuning of a stringed instrument to produce particular effects. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Italian, from scordare ‘be out of tune ’.

 

score

score |skɔː | ▶noun 1 the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual: the final score was 4 –3 to Royston. • informal an act of gaining a goal or point in a game. • a rating or grade, such as a mark achieved in a test: an IQ score of 161. • (the score ) informal the state of affairs; the facts about the present situation: ‘What's wrong Simon? What's the score? ’. • informal an act of buying illegal drugs. • informal the proceeds of a crime. 2 ( pl. same ) a group or set of twenty or about twenty: a score of men lost their lives in the battle | Doyle's success brought imitators by the score . • (scores of ) a large number of something: he sent scores of enthusiastic letters to friends. 3 a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other. • the music composed for a film or play. 4 a notch or line cut or scratched into a surface. • historical a running account kept by marks against a customer's name, typically in a public house. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 gain (a point, goal, run, etc. ) in a competitive game: McCartney scored a fine goal | [ no obj. ] : Wilson outstripped his marker to score. • be worth (a number of points ): a yes answer scores ten points. • [ no obj. ] record the score during a game; act as scorer. • Baseball cause (a teammate ) to score. • informal secure (a success or an advantage ): the band scored a hit single. • (score off ) Brit. informal outdo or humiliate (someone ) in an argument. • informal buy or acquire (something, typically illegal drugs ): Sally had scored some acid. • [ no obj. ] informal succeed in attracting a sexual partner for a casual encounter. 2 orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music ), typically for a specified instrument or instruments: the Quartet Suite was scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo. • compose the music for (a film or play ). 3 cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface ): score the card until you cut through. • (score something out /through ) delete text by drawing a line through it. • historical record (a total owed ) by making marks against a customer's name: a slate on which the old man scored up vast accounts. 4 Medicine & Biology examine (experimentally treated cells, bacterial colonies, etc. ), making a record of the number showing a particular character. PHRASES keep ( the ) score register the score of a game as it is made. know the score informal be aware of the essential facts about a situation. on the score of Brit. because of: power-driven hedge trimmers tend to get a bad press on the score of danger. on that (or this ) score so far as that (or this ) is concerned: my priority was to blend new faces into the team and we have succeeded on that score. score points outdo another person, especially in an argument. score points off another way of saying score off below. settle (or pay ) a (or the ) score 1 take revenge on someone for something damaging that they have done in the past. 2 dated pay off a debt or other obligation. DERIVATIVES scoreless adjective ORIGIN late Old English scoru ‘set of twenty ’, from Old Norse skor ‘notch, tally, twenty ’, of Germanic origin; related to shear. The verb (late Middle English ) is from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision ’.

 

scoreboard

score |board |ˈskɔːbɔːd | ▶noun a large board on which the score in a game or match is displayed.

 

scorebox

score |box |ˈskəɔːbɒks | ▶noun Cricket a room or hut in which the official scorers work and on which the score is displayed for spectators.

 

scorecard

scorecard |ˈskɔːkɑːd |(also scoresheet or scorebook ) ▶noun (in sport ) a card, sheet, or book in which scores are entered.

 

score draw

score draw ▶noun a draw in soccer in which goals have been scored, especially as distinguished from a no-score draw in football pools.

 

scorekeeper

scorekeeper |ˈskɔːkiːpə | ▶noun an official who records the score at a sports match. DERIVATIVES scorekeeping noun

 

scoreline

score |line |ˈskɔːlʌɪn | ▶noun Brit. the number of points or goals scored in a match; the score. ORIGIN 1960s: extension of the original use denoting a line in a newspaper giving the score in a sports contest.

 

scorer

scorer |ˈskɔːrə (r )| ▶noun 1 a person who scores goals, points, etc. in a game. 2 a person who keeps a record of the score in a game.

 

scoria

scoria |ˈskɔːrɪə | ▶noun ( pl. scoriae |-rɪiː | ) [ mass noun ] 1 basaltic lava ejected as fragments from a volcano, typically with a frothy texture. 2 slag separated from molten metal during smelting. DERIVATIVES scoriaceous |-ˈeɪʃəs |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting slag from molten metal ): via Latin from Greek skōria ‘refuse ’, from skōr ‘dung ’. The geological term dates from the late 18th cent.

 

scoring position

scor ing pos i tion ▶noun Baseball a runner's position on second or third base, from which scoring on a base hit is likely.

 

scorn

scorn |skɔːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something: I do not wish to become the object of scorn. • [ in sing. ] archaic a person viewed with contempt or disdain: a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee. • [ count noun ] archaic a statement or gesture indicating contempt. ▶verb [ with obj. ] feel or express contempt or disdain for: the minister scorned Labour's attempt to woo voters. • reject (something ) in a contemptuous way: a letter scorning his offer of intimacy. • [ no obj., with infinitive ] refuse to do something because one is too proud: at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics. PHRASES pour scorn on speak with contempt or mockery of. DERIVATIVES scorner noun ( rare )ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun ), escharnir (verb ), of Germanic origin.

 

scornful

scorn |ful |ˈskɔːnfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective feeling or expressing contempt or derision: the opposition were scornful of the Prime Minister's proposal | scornful laughter. DERIVATIVES scornfully adverb, scornfulness noun

 

scorp

scorp |skɔːp |(also scorper or scauper ) ▶noun a drawknife with a circular blade and a single handle, used to scoop out wood when carving or engraving. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (as scorper ), based on Latin scalper ‘knife ’.

 

Scorpio

Scorpio |ˈskɔːpɪəʊ |Astrology the eighth sign of the zodiac (the Scorpion ), which the sun enters about 23 October. • (a Scorpio ) ( pl. Scorpios ) a person born when the sun is in the sign of Scorpio. DERIVATIVES Scorpian noun & adjective ORIGIN Latin.

 

scorpioid

scor ¦pi |oid |ˈskɔːpɪɔɪd | ▶adjective Zoology relating to or resembling a scorpion. • Botany (of a flower cluster ) curled up at the end, and uncurling as the flowers develop. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek skorpioeidēs, from skorpios ‘scorpion ’.

 

scorpion

scor |pion |ˈskɔːpɪən | ▶noun a terrestrial arachnid which has lobster-like pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over its back. Most kinds live in tropical and subtropical areas. ●Order Scorpiones. • used in names of arachnids and insects resembling a scorpion, e.g. false scorpion, water scorpion. • (the Scorpion ) the zodiacal sign Scorpio or the constellation Scorpius. • (scorpions ) literary a whip with metal points. [with allusion to 1 Kings 12:11. ] ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin scorpio (n- ), based on Greek skorpios ‘scorpion ’.

 

scorpionfish

scor ¦pion |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or scorpionfishes ) a chiefly bottom-dwelling marine fish which is typically red in colour and has spines on the head that are sometimes venomous. ●Family Scorpaenidae: many genera and numerous species, including the redfishes and rockfishes.

 

scorpion fly

scor |pion fly ▶noun a slender predatory insect with membranous wings, long legs, and a downward-pointing beak. The terminal swollen section of the male's abdomen is carried curved up like a scorpion's sting. ●Order Mecoptera: several families, in particular Panorpidae.

 

Scorpius

Scorpius |ˈskɔːpɪəs |Astronomy a large constellation (the Scorpion ). It contains the red giant Antares. ORIGIN Latin.

 

Scorsese, Martin

Scorsese, Martin |skɔːˈseɪzi | (b.1942 ), American film director. Notable works: Mean Streets (1973 ), Taxi Driver (1976 ), and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 ).

 

scorzonera

scorzonera |ˌskɔːzə (ʊ )ˈnɪərə | ▶noun a plant of the daisy family with tapering purple-brown edible roots. Also called black salsify, viper's grass. ●Scorzonera hispanica, family Compositae. • [ mass noun ] the root of the scorzonera used as a vegetable. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Italian, from scorzone, from an alteration of medieval Latin curtio (n- )‘venomous snake ’ (against whose venom the plant may have been regarded as an antidote ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scorch

scorch verb 1 the buildings were scorched by the fire: burn, sear, singe, char, blacken, discolor. 2 grass scorched by the sun: dry up, desiccate, parch, wither, shrivel; burn, bake.

 

scorching

scorching adjective 1 the scorching July sun: extremely hot, red-hot, blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, broiling; informal boiling (hot ), baking (hot ), sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing. 2 scorching criticism: fierce, savage, scathing, withering, blistering, searing, devastating, stringent, severe, harsh, stinging, biting, mordant, trenchant, caustic, virulent, vitriolic. ANTONYMS mild.

 

score

score noun 1 the final score was 4 –3: result, outcome; total, sum total, tally, count. 2 an IQ score of 161: rating, grade, mark, percentage. 3 I've got a score to settle with you: grievance, grudge, complaint; dispute, bone of contention; (score to settle ) bone to pick, ax to grind. 4 informal he knew the score before he got here: the situation, the position, the facts, the truth of the matter, the (true ) state of affairs, the picture, how things stand, the lay of the land; informal what's what, what the deal is /was. 5 (scores ) scores of complaints: a great many, a lot, a great /good deal, large quantities, plenty; informal lots, umpteen, a slew, loads, masses, stacks, scads, heaps, piles, bags, tons, oodles, dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, gazillions, a bunch. ▶verb 1 Lou's already scored 13 goals this season: net, bag, rack up, chalk up, tally, notch, record; get, gain, achieve, make. 2 informal his new movie really scored: be successful, be a success, triumph, make an impression, go down well; informal be a hit, be a winner, be a sellout. 3 the piece was scored for flute and violin: orchestrate, arrange, set, adapt; write, compose. 4 score the wood in crisscross patterns: scratch, cut, notch, incise, scrape, nick, chip, gouge; mark. 5 informal he was hoping to score on his date tonight: get lucky, have sex, go all the way, do it. PHRASES score points off he's obsessed with scoring points off everyone, even his best friends: get the better of, gain the advantage over, outdo, best, have the edge over; have the last laugh on, make a fool of, humiliate; informal get /be one up on, get one over on.

 

scorn

scorn noun he was unable to hide the scorn in his voice: contempt, derision, contemptuousness, disdain, derisiveness, mockery, sneering. ANTONYMS admiration, respect. ▶verb 1 critics scorned the painting: deride, hold in contempt, treat with contempt, pour /heap scorn on, look down on, look down one's nose at, disdain, curl one's lip at, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, laugh at, laugh out of court; disparage, slight; dismiss, thumb one's nose at; informal turn one's nose up at. ANTONYMS admire, respect. 2 “I am a woman scorned, ” she thought: spurn, rebuff, reject, ignore, shun, snub. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See despise . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

scornful

scornful adjective his scornful remarks: contemptuous, derisive, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, supercilious, disdainful, superior; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS admiring, respectful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scorch

scorch verb 1 the buildings around us were scorched by the fire: burn, sear, singe, char, blacken, discolour; rare torrefy. 2 grass scorched by the sun: dry up, desiccate, parch, wither, shrivel; burn, bake, roast. 3 informal to get to New York you have to scorch along sixteen-lane highways: speed, zoom, whizz, blast; informal zap, zip, burn, burn rubber, belt, vroom; Brit. informal bomb, bucket, put one's foot down, blind; N. Amer. informal barrel, lay rubber.

 

scorching

scorching adjective 1 the scorching July sun: extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking (hot ), blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch; parching, withering; N. Amer. broiling; informal boiling (hot ), sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing. 2 he faced scorching criticism: fierce, savage, scathing, withering, blistering, searing, devastating, stringent, severe, harsh, stinging, biting, mordant, trenchant, caustic, virulent, vitriolic. ANTONYMS mild.

 

score

score noun 1 the final score was 4 –3: result, outcome; number of goals /runs /points, total, sum total, tally, count. 2 an IQ score of 161: rating, grade, mark, percentage. 3 check the shaft for rust, scores, and any other types of damage: scratch, nick, notch, snick, scrape, groove, chip, cut, gouge, incision, slit, gash; mark; archaic scotch. 4 I've got a score to settle with you: grievance, bone to pick, axe to grind, grudge, complaint; dispute, bone of contention; rare crow to pluck. 5 (the score ) informal he knew the score before he got here: the situation, the position, the facts, the truth of the matter, the (true ) state of affairs, the picture, the story, how things stand, the lie of the land; Brit. the state of play; N. Amer. the lay of the land; informal the set-up, what's what. 6 he had resigned on the score of ill health: grounds, reason, basis, count; cause, motive, rationale. 7 (scores ) police have received scores of complaints | scores of people attended his funeral: a great many, a lot, a great /good deal, a large /great number /amount, great quantities, plenty, a host, hosts, a crowd, crowds, droves, a bevy, bevies, an army, armies, a horde, hordes, a flock, flocks, herds, a throng, throngs, legions, a multitude, multitudes, a swarm, swarms; copious, abundant, profuse, an abundance, a profusion; informal lots, umpteen, loads, masses, stacks, scads, heaps, piles, bags, tons, oodles, dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, zillions, more … than one can shake a stick at; Brit. informal shedloads, a shedload; N. Amer. informal a slew, a bunch, gazillions, gobs, bazillions; Austral. /NZ informal a swag; vulgar slang a shitload; literary myriad, divers. ANTONYMS few. PHRASES on this /that score there were no complaints on that score: on this /that subject, as /so far as this /that is /was concerned, in this /that respect, about this /that, on this /that matter, as regards this /that. pay off /settle old scores he can't resist settling old scores —the book is full of retaliatory digs and sneers: take (one's ) revenge, hit back at someone, get back at someone, retaliate, get even, get one's own back, pay someone back, give someone a dose /taste of their own medicine, pay someone back in their own coin. ▶verb 1 he has already scored 13 goals for Aston Villa this season: get, gain, chalk up, win, achieve, attain, make; record; informal notch up, bag, knock up, rack up. 2 when I was your age I spent every summer weekend scoring for my father's village cricket team: keep (the ) score, keep count, keep a record, keep a tally. 3 informal his new movie really scored: be successful, be a success, achieve success, win, triumph, make an impression, have an impact, go down well, get an enthusiastic reception; informal be a hit, be a winner, be a sell-out, go down a storm. 4 the Quartet Suite was scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo: orchestrate, arrange, set, adapt; write, compose; rare instrument. 5 score the wood in criss-cross patterns: scratch, cut, make a notch /notches in, make a groove /grooves in, notch, incise, scrape, nick, snick, chip, gouge, slit, gash; mark; cross-hatch; carve, engrave; archaic scotch. PHRASES score points off Harry was continually seeking ways to score points off Sam: get the better of, gain an advantage over, outdo, best, worst, have the edge over; have the last laugh on, make a fool of, humiliate; informal get /be one up on, get one over on. score something out /through she scored out the last word: cross out, strike out, put a line through, ink out, blue-pencil, scratch out; delete, obliterate, expunge.

 

scorn

scorn noun he was unable to hide the scorn in his voice: contempt, derision, contemptuousness, disdain, derisiveness, scornfulness, mockery, sneering, scoffing; archaic contumely, despite. ANTONYMS admiration, respect. PHRASES pour scorn on he pours scorn on the idea that any such thing could really exist: disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, belittle, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate; scoff at, sneer at, laugh at, laugh off, mock, ridicule, deride, dismiss, scorn, cast aspersions on, discredit; N. Amer. slur; informal do down, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, drag through the mud, have a go at, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bash, bad-mouth, pooh-pooh, look down one's nose at; Brit. informal rubbish, slate, slag off; archaic hold cheap; rare asperse, derogate, misprize, minify. ▶verb 1 critics scorned the painting, but it was very popular with those who attended the exhibition | his father was a man who scorned tradition: deride, be contemptuous about, hold in contempt, treat with contempt, pour /heap scorn on, be scornful about, look down on, look down one's nose at, disdain, curl one's lip at, mock, scoff at, sneer at, sniff at, jeer at, laugh at, laugh out of court; disparage, slight; dismiss, cock a snook at, spit in the eye /face of, spit on, thumb one's nose at; informal turn one's nose up at, blow raspberries at; N. Amer. informal give the Bronx cheer to; Brit. vulgar slang piss on /over; archaic contemn; rare misprize, scout. ANTONYMS admire, respect. 2 ‘I am a woman scorned, ’ she thought: spurn, rebuff, reject, ignore, shun, snub. 3 even at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics: refuse to, refrain from, not lower oneself to; be above, consider it beneath one.

 

scornful

scornful adjective Isabel ignored his scornful remarks: contemptuous, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive; informal sniffy, snotty; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS admiring, respectful.

 

scornfully

scornfully adverb ‘How would she know? ’ said Anne scornfully: contemptuously, with contempt, derisively, witheringly, mockingly, with a sneer, scathingly, snidely, disparagingly, superciliously, disdainfully, dismissively; informal sniffily, snottily. ANTONYMS admiringly, respectfully.

 

Duden Dictionary

Scordatura

Scor da tu ra Substantiv, feminin Musik , die Skordatur |Scordat u ra sk …|lateinisch-italienisch von der üblichen Stimmung abweichende Umstimmung von Saiteninstrumenten ( z. B. zur Erzeugung besonderer Klangeffekte ); Gegensatz Accordatura

 

Score

Score Substantiv, maskulin , der |skɔː skoːɐ̯ |der Score; Genitiv: des Scores, Plural: die Scores englisch score < mittelenglisch scor < altnordisch skor = (Ein )schnitt, Kerbholz 1 besonders Mannschaftsspiele Spielstand, Spielergebnis 2 Psychologie Zahlenwert, Messwert z. B. eines Tests

 

Scorekarte

Score kar te Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈskoːɐ̯ …|die Scorekarte; Genitiv: der Scorekarte, Plural: die Scorekarten vorgedruckte Karte, auf der die Anzahl der von einem Spieler (beim Golf, Minigolf ) gespielten Schläge notiert wird

 

scoren

sco ren schwaches Verb Sport |sc o ren auch ˈskɔːrən |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « englisch to score < mittelenglisch scoren < altnordisch skora = einschneiden, einkerben, zu: skor, Score einen Punkt, ein Tor o. Ä. erzielen für die Bayern scorte der gerade erst eingewechselte Spieler

 

Scorer

Sco rer Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈskɔːrɐ ˈskoːrɐ |der Scorer; Genitiv: des Scorers, Plural: die Scorer englisch scorer, zu: to score, scoren 1 Golf, Minigolf jemand, der die von den einzelnen Spielern gemachten Schläge zählt 2 Sport Spieler, der scort

 

Scorerin

Sco re rin Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈskɔːrərɪn skoːrərɪn |die Scorerin; Genitiv: der Scorerin, Plural: die Scorerinnen weibliche Form zu Scorer

 

Scoring

Sco ring Substantiv, Neutrum Wirtschaft , das |skɔː …|das Scoring; Genitiv: des Scorings, Plural: die Scorings englisch auf dem Scoringmodell basierende Überprüfung der Kreditwürdigkeit eines Unternehmens oder einer Privatperson

 

Scoringmodell

Sco ring mo dell Substantiv, Neutrum Wirtschaft , das das Scoringmodell; Genitiv: des Scoringmodells, Plural: die Scoringmodelle bei der Unternehmensplanung angewandtes Modell zur Bewertung von Handlungsalternativen; Nutzwertanalyse

 

Scorsese

Scor se se Eigenname |skɔːˈseɪzi |amerikanischer Filmregisseur

 

French Dictionary

scorbut

scorbut n. m. nom masculin Maladie causée par une carence en vitamine C. Prononciation Le t se prononce, [skɔrbyt ]; le nom rime avec butte Note Orthographique scorbu t.

 

score

score n. m. nom masculin 1 Marque, nombre de points obtenus par des équipes, des adversaires dans un match. : Le score final est de 5 à 1. 2 figuré Résultat (chiffré ou non ); classement. : J ’ai eu un bon score pour mon examen de géographie. SYNONYME note .

 

scorie

scorie n. f. pl. nom féminin pluriel 1 Matière volcanique, résidu qui se sépare des métaux en fusion. 2 figuré Résidu, déchet. : Les scories de la production littéraire. Note Orthographique scori e.

 

scorpion

scorpion n. m. nom masculin 1 Animal invertébré portant en avant une paire de pinces et dont l ’abdomen est terminé par un aiguillon venimeux. : La piqûre du scorpion est dangereuse. 2 Nom d ’une constellation, d ’un signe du zodiaque. : Elle est (du signe du ) Scorpion, elle est née entre le 23 octobre et le 21 novembre. VOIR astre . Note Typographique Les noms d ’astres s ’écrivent avec une majuscule.

 

Spanish Dictionary

score

score nombre masculino dep Resultado de un partido o una competición deportiva :el equipo remontó un score adverso jugando rápido y con más garra .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘escor ’.El plural es scores .

 

Sanseido Dictionary

SCOR

SCOR 〖 Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research 〗海洋科学研究委員会 。ICSU （国際学術連合会議 ）の下部機関 。1958 年設立 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scorch

scorch /skɔː r tʃ /動詞 ～es /-ɪz /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈物 (の表面 )〉を焦がす, 〈物 〉を熱で変色させる ▸ I scorched my blouse with the iron .アイロンでブラウスを焦がしてしまった .2 〈強い日差し 薬剤などが 〉〈草木 〉を枯らす , 変色させる ▸ The sun scorched the leaves .日照りで葉が枯れてしまった .自動詞 1 焦げる , 熱で変色する .2 〈草木が 〉枯れる , 変色する .3 ｟英 くだけて ｠(車などで )疾走する, 〈車 人が 〉 (全速力で )ぶっとばす (along, down, across, round ).名詞 1 C 焦げ跡 .2 U (草木の病気により褐色に )変色すること ; 葉焼け .～̀ ed è arth p ó licy 焦土戦術 .

 

scorcher

sc ó rch er 名詞 C 1 焦がす人 [物 ].2 ひどく暑い日 .3 ｟話 ｠(自動車などで )ぶっとばす人 .4 辛辣 （しんらつ ）なもの ; ひどく興奮させるもの .

 

scorching

sc ó rch ing 形容詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗焼けつくような 〈日差し 〉, 焦げるような ; 猛烈な暑さの 〈天気 〉.2 痛烈な, 手厳しい .副詞 焼けつくように ▸ scorching hot 焼けつくように暑い .～ly 副詞 焼けつくほどに ; 痛烈に .

 

score

score /skɔː r /〖原義は 「(20の )刻み目 」; 昔, 羊などを数えるときに20頭ごとに棒に刻み目をいれた 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (試合の )得点 , スコア , 得点状況 [結果 ]▸ The final score was 6--0 .最終得点は6対0だった (!6--0はsix to nothing [｟かたく ｠zero ]と読む; サッカーの試合などで ｟英 ｠ではsix nil ) ▸ The score is even .互角の試合だ ▸ a high [low ] score 高 [低 ]得点 .2 ｟米 ｠【学科 (の試験 )の /試験の 】得点 , 点数 «in /on » ▸ one's score in math 数学の試験の点数 ▸ the average [highest, lowest ] score on the test そのテストの平均 [最高, 最低 ]点 ▸ improve one's score 点数を上げる ▸ a perfect score 満点 (≒full marks ).3 〘楽 〙楽譜 ; 総譜 , スコア ; (映画 演劇用の )音楽 ▸ write the score for the play その劇のために作曲 [編曲 ]する 4 刻み目 , 切り込んで付けた印 .5 複 ～｟古 書 ｠(およそ )20 ▸ three score years [miles ] and ten 70年 [マイル ]6 ｟書 ｠〖～s of A 〗非常に多くのA 〈人 物 〉 (!強調表現 ) ▸ scores of students [documents ]大勢の学生 [大量の書類 ].7 恨み .8 勘定 , 借金 , 負債 .9 〖通例a ～〗 «…に対する » うまいやり方 [言葉 ] «against , off » .10 ｟米 くだけて ｠(たやすく ただで )入手すること .11 理由 .by the sc ó re 何度も ; (数が )大量に .k è ep (the ) sc ó re (試合の )得点を記録する ; (同様の出来事の起こる )回数を記録する .kn ò w the sc ó re ｟くだけて ｠(好ましくない )事の真相を知っている .on the sc ó re of A A 〈事 〉のせいで, Aのために .on th ì s [th à t ] sc ó re ｟話 ｠この [その ]点について ; この [その ]理由で .s è ttle [pay ò ff ] a [an ò ld ] sc ó re «…に » (昔の )仕返しをする, 復讐 （ふくしゆう ）をする «with » .Wh à t's the sc ó re? 1 今得点はどうなっていますか .2 ｟話 ｠形勢はどうなっていますか .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; scoring /skɔ́ːrɪŋ /他動詞 1 【試合 競技で 】〈点 〉を取る , 得点する «in » ; 【学科 (の試験 )で /試験で 】〈点数 〉を取る «in /on » ▸ score five goals [points, runs ]5点を取る (!goalはサッカーなど, runはクリケット 野球などの場合 ) ▸ score 80 points in science [on the test ]理科の試験で [その試験で ]80点を取る 2 (試合 試験などで )〈点 〉を与える ; 〖～ A B /B for [to ] A 〗〈審判などが 〉A 〈人 チーム 〉にB 〈点 〉を与える ▸ The judge scored her 5.8 .審判は彼女に5 .8をつけた 3 (試合 競技で )…の点になる ▸ In American football, a touchdown scores six points .アメフトでタッチダウンをすると6点になる .4 ｟書 ｠〈成功 勝利など 〉を収める ▸ score a great success [victory ]大成功 [勝利 ]を遂げる 5 【刃物などで 】〈肉 紙などの表面 〉に切り込みを入れる , 線を付ける «with » ▸ score the paper on the backside with a knife 紙の裏側にナイフで線を付ける .6 〖通例be ～d 〗〈曲が 〉 (合奏 [合唱 ]用に )作曲 [編曲 ]される .7 ｟米 くだけて ｠(たやすく ただで )〈物 〉を手に入れる .8 ｟米 ｠〈人 〉をひどく非難する .自動詞 1 a. (試合 試験などで )得点する ▸ score high [low ]高得点 [低い点数 ]を取る .b. (試合 競技の )得点を記録する .2 ｟書 ｠ «…で /…より » 成功する , 利益を上げる «with /over » ▸ Mark scored with his latest novel .マークは最新の小説で成功を収めた .3 ｟俗 ｠〈主に男が 〉【初対面の相手と 】セックスする «with » .4 ｟俗 ｠(麻薬を )手に入れる .5 刻み目を付ける .sc ò re A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 (議論などで )A 〈人 〉をやりこめる, 負かす .2 (不要なので )A 〈書かれた文字など 〉を線を引いて消す, 抹消する .sc ò re A ó ut [ó ut A ](読めないように )A 〈書かれた文字など 〉を線を引いて消す .sc ò re A thr ó ugh [thr ó ugh A ]＝score A out .

 

scoreboard

sc ó re b ò ard 名詞 C スコアボード, 得点掲示板 .

 

scorebook

sc ó re b ò ok 名詞 C スコアブック, 得点記録簿 .

 

scorecard

sc ó re c à rd 名詞 C 1 スコアカード, 得点 (記録 )表 ; 選手リスト .2 ｟米 ｠〖修飾語を伴って 〗(一連の )検査手順, 調査要領 .

 

scorekeeper

sc ó re k è eper 名詞 C (試合の )記録係 .

 

scoreless

sc ó re less 形容詞 (両者 )無得点の .

 

scorer

scor er /skɔ́ːrə r /名詞 C 1 スコアラー, 得点記録係 (scorekeeper ).2 (試合の )得点者 .3 (試験の )得点者 ▸ high [low ] scorers 高 [低 ]得点者 .

 

scorn

scorn /skɔː r n /名詞 U 1 «…に対する » 軽蔑 （けいべつ ）, さげすみ (contempt ) «for » ▸ show scorn for his bad manners 彼の行儀の悪さを軽蔑する ▸ with scorn さげすんで .2 〖the ～〗 «… (から )の » 軽蔑の的 «of » ▸ the scorn of one's classmates 級友からの軽蔑の的 .p ò ur [h è ap ] sc ó rn on A A 〈人 考え 〉をばかにする, こきおろす .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 考えなど 〉を軽蔑 （けいべつ ）する , ばかにする (→despise 類義 )▸ People scorned Tom as a liar .みんなトムをうそつきだと軽蔑した .2 ｟かたく ｠〈忠告 申し出 〉を (軽蔑して )拒絶する ; 〖～ to do 〗…することをふさわしくないと思う ▸ Ann scorned the proposal .アンはその申し入れを受け入れることを拒んだ .

 

scornful

scorn ful /skɔ́ː r nf (ə )l /形容詞 more ～; most ～【人 事を 】軽蔑 （けいべつ ）して , さげすむような «of » ▸ a scornful laugh さげすむような笑い ▸ They were scornful of my suggestion .彼らは私の提案をあざ笑った .～ly 副詞 軽蔑したように, あざけるように .～ness 名詞

 

Scorpio

Scor pi o /skɔ́ː r piòʊ /名詞 複 ～s U 〘天 〙さそり座 (the Scorpion ); 〘占星 〙天蝎 （てんかつ ）宮 (→zodiac ); C さそり座の人 〘10月24日から11月21日生まれ 〙.

 

scorpion

scor pi on /skɔ́ː r piən /名詞 C 1 〘動 〙サソリ .2 〘天 〙〖the S- 〗＝Scorpio .3 〘聖書 〙サソリむち .