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Show S C 5.C England now is lef \To tug and [cramble, and to part by th' teet \The unow'd intereft of proud fwelling ftate. Shak Y Of other care they little reck'ning make 2 T han how to ferantdle at the fhearer's feaft And fhove away the worthy bidden guefts Milton 4o J¢ is not to be fuppofed, that, when fuch 1 "Nl tree was fhaking, there would be no f(:‘amlvlf;; for the fruit Stilling fleet y « They-muft Kave ferambled with the wild beaft M8y 'for crabs and nuts Ray on the Creation To climb by the help of the hands : as "\he ferambled vp that rock RA'MBLE. 7. /. [from the verb. " Eager conteft for fomething, in whic . one endeavours to get it before another middle of their gambols As they were in th fomebody threw a handful of apples among them that fet them prefently together by the ears upo L' Effrange ‘the Jerambl Becaufe the defire of money is conftantly almof ‘every wher little ver its vent varie the fame an but as its greater fcarcity enhances its price Locke increafes the [crambie . A& of climbing by the help of the hands :RA'MBLER. z./. [from feramble. One that {crambles All the little fcramblers after fame fall upon him Addifn One that climbs by help of the hands i »SCRANCH, . a. [ fchrantzer, Dutch. « To grind fomewhat crackling betwee tthe teeth. The Scots retain it 'RA'NNEL. adj. [Of this word I kno _not the etymology, nor any other examPerhaps gratsxple.] Vile; worthlefs s:ing by the found Milton p AP, m. [ [from ferape, a thing {crapL #ed or rubbed off. particle a littl piece fragment. (=2 2950 {mal J¢ s an unaccountable vanity to fpend all ou |nuitime raking into the feraps and imperfect remain " of former ages, and negleéting the clearer notice Glanwille _of our own /, U5 Trencher efquires fpend their time in hoppin i/from one great man's table to another's, only t L' Eftrange i pick up feraps and intelligence Languages are to be learned only by readin and talking, and not by feraps of authors got b ~ heart Locke Norag, no ferap, of all the beau, or wit #"That once fo flutter'd, and that once fo writ. Pope ] /T cannever have too many of your letters: I a u# & : s angry at every fcrap of paper loft Pope © .+ Crumb ; fmall particles of meat left a i® ., the table ~_The contraét you pretend with that bafe wretch 4% Onebred of alms, and fofter'd with cold difhes With feraps 0> th' court, is no contra& Shakefpeare's Cymbeline The attendants puff a court up beyond he bounds, for their own fcraps and advantage. Bacon | . .On bones, on feraps of dogs let me be fed . My limbs uncover'd, and expos'd my hea To bleakeft colds Granwville What has he elfe to bait his traps Or bring his vermin in, but fcraps The offals of a church diftre A hungry vicarage at bef 13+ Af{mall piece of paper . perly ferip Saift 'This is pro Pregnant with thoufands flits the ferap unfeen And filent fells a king, or buys a queen ‘!"'o SCRAPE . 4 [ycpeopan Pope Saxon | Jehtapen, Dus. *fafirdpitigh, Erfe. 1. To deprive of the furface by the ligh action of a fharp inftrument, ufed wit the edge almoft perpendicular Thefe hard woods are more properly feraped tha Moxon planed 2 'To take away by fcraping ; to erafe They fhall defroy the walis, and I will ferap her duft, and make her like the top of a rock E2ck. xxvie 4 Bread for a toaft lay on the coals; and, if toafte quite through, fecrape off the burn it up fide, and ferv Sawift 3. To a& upon any furface with a harf noife The chiming clocks to dinner call A hundred footfteps frrape the marble hall Pope 4. To gather by great efforts, or penurious or trifling diligence Lzt the government be ruined by his avarice if by avarice he ¢an fecrape together fo much as t South make his peace Unhappy thofe who hunt for a party, and fcrap together out of every author all thofe things onl which favour their own tenets Watts 70'SCRAPE. . 7 r. T'o make a harfh noife 2. To play ill on a fiddle 3. To make an awkward bow. dinfworth 4. To ScrRAPE Acquaintance. Alow phrafe To curry favour, or infinuate into one' familiarity: probably from the Jerape or bows of a flatterer ScrAPE. 7. fi [ferap, Swedifh. Thi 1. Difficulty ; perplexity ; diftrefs i[5 When they lift, their lean and flathy fong 1, Grate on their ferannel pipes of wretched frraw B Sv is alow word z. 'The found of the foot drawn over th floor 3. A bow Scra'PER. 2. [, [from ferape. 1. Inftrument with which any thing i fcraped Never clean your fhoes on the feraper, butin th Swift entry, and the feraper will laft the longer 2. A mifer ; a man intent on getting money ; a {crape-penny Be thrifty, but not covetous; therefore giv Thy need, thine honour, and thy friend his due Get to liv Never was fcraper brave man Then live, and ufe it; elfe it is not tru ‘That thou haft gotten: furely, ufe alon Makes money not a contemptible ftone. Herbert 3. A vile fiddler Cowley Out! ye fempiternal fcrapers Have wild boars or dolphins the leaft emotion a the moft elaborate ftrains of your modern fcrapers all which have been tamed and humanized by an cient muficians Arbutbnot ScraT. 7. /. [yrepeza, Saxon.] An herSkinner. Funius maphrodite 70 SCRATCH. «. a. [#kratzen, Dutch. 1. To tear or mark with ilight incifion ragged and uneven The lab'ring fwai Scratch'd with a rake a furrow for his grain And cover'd with his hand the fhallow feed again Dryden A fort of fmall fand-coloured ftones, fo hard a to fcratch glafs Grew's Mufeum 2. To tear with the nails How can I tell but that his talons ma Yet fcratch my fon, or rend his tender hand Fairy Queen I fhould have fcratch'd out your unfeeing eyes To make my mafter out of love with thee. Shak I had rather hear my dog bark ata crow, than man fwear he loves me --Keep your ladythip fill in that mind; f fome gentleman or other fhall *{cape a predeftinat Jeratcht face. emScratching could not malke it worfe, an *twer fuch a face as yours were Shakefpeare's Much ado about Nothing Scots are like witches : do but whet your pen Scratch till the blood come, they'll not hurt yo Cleaveland then To wifh that there were nothing but fuch dul tame things in the world, that will neither bite no fir n we the wi t a dif chi a i h at Je r M r t n i Unhand me, or I'll feratch your face e y D e a t fo go Le 3. To wound {flightly 4. To hurt flightly with any thing pointe or keen Daphse, roaming through a thorny wood Scratching her legs, that one fhall fwear the bleeds Shakz[peare 5. To rub with the nails Francis Cornfield did feratch hiselbow, when h had fweetly invented to fignify his name St. FranCamden cis, with a friary cowl in a corn field Other mechanical helps Aretsus ufes to procur fleep, particularly the feratching of the temples an Arbuthnot the ears Be mindful, when invention fails To fcratch your head, and bite your nails, Swift 6. To write or draw awkwardly if any of their labourers can fcrarch out a pamphlet, they defire no wit, ftyle, or argument. Swiff ScraTcH. z /. [from the verb. 1. An incifion ragged and fhallow The coarfe file cuts deep, and makes deep Jeratches in the work; and before you can tak out thofe deep feratches wit you finer cut files thofe places where the rifings were when you work was forged, may become dents to your ham-~ Moxon's Mechs Exercifes mer dents The fmaller the particles of thofe fubftance are, the {maller will be the feratches by whic they continually fret and wear away the glaf unti} it be polithed ; but be they never fo fmall they can wear away the glafs n otherwif tha by grating and fcratching it, and breaking th protuberances ; and therefore polifh it no other wife than by bringing its roughnefs to a very fin grain, fo that the ferazches and frettings ot thefurface become too fmall to be vifibles Neawz. Opry 2. Laceration with the nails Thefe nails,with fcratches thall deform my breat Left by my look or colour be exprefs' The mark of aught high-born, or ever b drefs'd FPri 3. A {light wound The valiant beaft turning on her with ope jaws, fhe gave him fuch a thruft through hi breaft, that all the lion could do was wit his ope paw to tear off the mantle and fleeve o nane, with a little fcrarch rather than a wound. Sidney Heav'n forbid a fhallow fcrarch fhould driv The prince of Wales from fuch a field as this Slflahjpmrv' fin: I-‘r Scra'TcHER. = [ [from feratch.] H that {cratches Scra'rcues. #. /. Cracked ulcers o fcabs in a horfe's foot Ainfavorth Scra'rcuiNGLY. adv. [from feratching. With the aion of {cratching Making him turn clofe to the-ground, like cat, when fcratchingly fhe wheels about after moufe Sidney SCRAW. . /. [Irilh and Erfe. or {curf Surfac Neither thould that odious cuftom be allowed of cutting fecraws, which is flaying off the g furface of the ground make up their ditches 7o ScrawL to cove cabins Sauvift thei @. a. [I fuppofe to be cor rupted from ferabble. 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