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SCARIFICA'TION, n. [L. scarificatio. See Scarify .] In surgery, the operation of...
SC'ARFSKIN, n. [scarf and skin.] The cuticle; the epidermis; the outer thin inte...
SCARF, n. plu. scarfs Something that hangs loose upon the shoulders; as a piece ...
SCAREFIRE, n. A fire breaking out so as to frighten people. [Not used.]
SCARED, pp. Frightened; suddenly terrified.
SCARECROW, n. [scarce and crow.] 1. Any frightful thing set up to frighten crows...
SCARE, v.t. [L. ex and cor, heart; but qu.] To fright; to terrify suddenly; to s...
SCARCENESS, SCARCITY, n. 1. Smallness of quantity, or smallness in proportion to...
SCARCELY, adv. 1. Hardly; scantly. We scarcely think our miseries our foes. 2. H...
SCARCE, a. 1. Not plentiful or abundant; being in small quantity in proportion t...
SCAR'AMOUCH, n. A buffoon in motley dress.
SCAR'AB, SCAR'ABEE, n. [L. scarabaeus, from Gr.] A beetle; an insect of the genu...
SC'AR, n. 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal made by a wound or an ulce...
SCAP'ULARY, n. A part of the habit of certain religious orders in the Romish chu...
SCAP'ULAR, a. [L. scapularis.] Pertaining to the shoulder, or to the scapula; as...
SCAP'ULA, n. [L.] The shoulder blade.