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Show SC ¥5 SCORN @, 7 (. To fcoff ; to treat with contumely fai H min were black eye hai m an black And, now 1 am remember'd, fcorn'd at me Shak Our foul is filled with the fcorning of thofe tha 5' S5 L Sco'rNFUL. adj. [feorn and full. 1. Contemptuous ; infolent; difdainful refs of fight, whereinr external object Th' enamour'd deit The feornful damfel thuns 2. Alting in defiance With him I o'er the hills had run Scornfu of winter's froft and fummer's fun. Prisr are at eafe, and with the contempt of the proud Plalm cxxiile 4 ‘4, 2. To difdain ; to think unworthy T've fgen the morning's lovely ra Hover o'er the new-born da With rofy wings fo richly bright Sco'RNFULLY adv [from feornful. Contemptuouily; infolently He us'd us fcornfully: he would have thew'd u His marks of merit, wounds receiv'd for's country Shakefpeare The facred rights of the Chyriftian church ar Jeornfully trampled on in print, under an hypocritical pretence of maintaining them Atterbury's Sermons Crafaw As if he feorn'd to think of night Fame, that delights around the world to ftray Scorns not to take our Argos in her way Pope's Statius . To defpife; to contemn Surely he fcorneth the fcorner, but he givet Proverbs grace unto the lowly Back to th' infernal pit I drag thee chain'd s And feal thee o, as henceforth not to feor The facil gates of hell too flightly barr'd. Milton 10 neglect ; to difregard This my long fufferance, and my day of grace Sco'rPION. n. /. [ feorpion, French ; feorpio, Latin. 1. A reptile much refembling a {mall lobfter, but that his tail ends in a point with a very venomous fting Well, fore-warning wind Did feem to fay, feek not a feorpion's neft They who neglect and fcorn fhall never tafte But hard be harden'd S/Jm{g/];mrv lzlind be blinded, more . [. [efcorne ol Fr fro th verb. 1. Contempt; fcoff flight a of con tumely We were better parch in Afric's fu Than in the pride and falt fcorn of his eyes Shakefpeare Wh that I fhould wo thin fhould yo i Jeorn Scorn and derifion never come in tears. Shakefp If we draw her not unto us, fhe will laugh us t i fiom Sud. Diogenes was afked in frorn, What was the matter that philofophers haunted rich men, and no rich men philofophers He anfwered, Becaufe th one knew what they wanted, the others did not Bacon Whofoever hath any thing in his perfon that induces contempt, hath alfo a perpetual fpur to refcu himfelf from fcorn : therefore all deformed perfon are bold, as being on their own defence, as expofe to fcorn Bacon Every fullen frown and bitter [cor But fann'd the fuel that too faft did burn Dryd i 2, Subje of ridicule; thing treated with contempt Is it not a moft horrid ingratitude, thus to mak a feorn of him that made us Tillotfon Numidia's grown a feorn among the nation For breach of publick vows Addifon's Cato 3. To think Scor v unworthy of regard To difdain ; to hol Not now in ufe If he do fully prove himfelf the honeft fhep her Menalca hi brothe an heir T know n reafon why you thould zhink feorn of him Sidney Unto thee will I cry, O Lord : think no feorn o me, left, if thou make as though thou heareft not I become like them that go down into the pit Tolaugh to Scorw temptible Pfalm xxviii 1 To deride as con He that fitteth in the heavens fhall /augh the 20 foorn5 the Lord fhall bave them in derifion Pfalms. Common Prayer Sco'RNER. 7 /0 [from fcorn. 1. Contemner; defpifer They are very active; vigilant in their enterprizes, prefentin perils, and great fcorners of death 2. Scoffer ; ridiculer .Thefcarnfr thoul Spenfer on Ireland confider, upon the fight of cripple, that it was only the diftinguifhing merc Of heaven that kept him from being one too L' Eftrange They, ia the feorner's or the judge's feat 31 £o condemn the virtue which they hate, Prier Henr 2. One of the figns of the zodiack The {queezing crab and ftinging fcorpion fhine Dryden 3. Afcourge fo called from its cruelty My father hath chaftifed yo I will chaftife you with feorpions 4 [ feorpius Scorrio Latin. Sera n. [emerus Ainfn Lat. plant Miller Scorrron Grafs ScorrioN's Tail, ¢,/. Herbs., Adinfaw Scorpi0N Wort Scor. . f. [écot, French. 1. Shot; payment 2. Scor and Lot Parifh payments >T'wa tim to counterfeit or that hot terma gant Scot had paid me feot and /ot too Shakefpeare's Henry IV Protogenes, hiftorians note Liv'd there a burgefs, fot and Jot Prior The chief point that has puzzled the freeholders, as well as thofe that pay fcot and lot, fo about thefe fix months, is, Whether they woul rather be governed by a prince that is oblige by law to be good, or by one who, if he pleafes may plunder or imprifon Addifon ScotrrEE". adj Without fcot or mulét @, a incifions He wa To cut with fhallo too hard fot him direétly before Co rioli, he feorcht and notcht him like a carbonado Shakefpeare's Corivlanus ScorcH cut 7 /. [from the verb. A fligh a fhallow incifion We'll beat 'em into bench-holes room for fix fcotches more I have ye Shake[peare's Antony and Cleopatra Give him four fcotches with a knife, and the put into his belly, and thefe fcorches, fweet herbs Waiton's Angler Scorcu Collops, or Scotched Collops. n. [from Zo feotch, or cut.] Veal cut int {mall pieces Scorcy Hoppers. n./. A play in whic boys hop over lines or fcotches in th ground Childre ca do bein dancin indifferent to any thin and feotc hopper fame thing to them Sco'tomy a f in Herefordfhire, a cuf tom among the boys of burning a wa of peafe-ftraw at the end of harveft Bailey A fort o Sco'veL. . /. [feopa, Lat. of clouts for {weepin mo Ainfworth. Bailey 7. /. [fcondarasls, Italian maulkin Sco'UNDREL a hider oven a Stinner. low petty villain mea rafcal ; A word rather ludi crous Now to be baflled by a fcoundrel An upftart fect'ry, and a mungrel Hadibras Scoundrels as thefe wretched Ombites be Tate Canopus they exceed in luxury Go, if your ancient but ignoble bloo Has crept through feoundrels ever fince the flood Go, and pretend your family is young Nor own your fathers have been fools fo long P'?P,' 70 SCOUR. @. a. [ furer, Danith ; fcheuren, Dutch. 1, To rub har wit any thing rough i order to clean the furface to be eate to deat with a ruft than to be fcoured to nothing with perpetual motion Shakepearc By dint of fword his erown he fhall increafe And fcour his armour from the ruft of peace Dryden's Zneid Part fcour the rufty fhields with feam, and par New grind the blunted ax and point the dart Dryden Some blamed Mrs. Bull for grudging a quarte of a pound of foap and fand to fcour the rooms Arbuthnot Poor Vadius, long with learned {pleen devour'd Caa tafte no pleafure fince his fhield was fcour'd Pope 2. To purge violently 3. To cleanfe; to bleach; to whiten; ta blanche In fomeglakes the water is fo nitrous, as if fou clothes be put into it, it fcoureth them of itfeif and, if they ftay, they moulder away Bacon's Natural Hiffory A garden-worm fhould be well feoured eight day in mofs, before you fith with him. Walt. Angler Beneath the lamp her tawdry ribbons glare Th new fcour'd manteau, and the flattern air Gay unhurt; #upune 70 SCOTCH denotes I were bette with whips, bu 1 Kings, xil. 11 A fea fifh whic Ainfw. Bailey A provincial word VI Full of Jesrpions is my mind, dear wife Shakefpeare's Macbeth Milton ScorN Dryden feem to turn round Sco'TTERING. 7./ woul the be th Locke [ovérwpa. A dizzinel or fwimming in the head, caufing dim 4. To remove by fcouring Never came reformation in a floo With fuch a heady current, feouring faults Nor ever hydra-headed wilfulnef So foon did lofe his feat, and all at once As in this king Shakefpeare's Henry. V I will wear a garment all of blood And ftain my favour in a bloody mafk Which, wath'd away, fhall fcour my thame with it Shakefpearc Then in the clemency of upward ai We'll fcour our fpots, and the dire thunder's fcar Drydet 5. [feorrere, Ital.] To range about, i order to catch or drive away fomething to clear away The kings of Lacedemon having fent eut fom gallies, unde the charge of one of their nephews to jeour the fea of the pirates, they met us Divers are kept continually to feou infefted greatly by pirates Sidney thefe feas Sandys If with thy guards thou frour'f# the ftreets b night And doft in murders, rapes, and fpoils delight Pleafe not thyfelf the flatt'ring crowd to hear Drydet D 6. T |