Vocabulary : Scranky to Scraping
Scranky : Thin; lean.
Scrannel : Slight; thin; lean; poor.
Scranny : Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel.
Scrap : Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. ;; Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract. ;; The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps. ;; Same as Scrap iron, below.
Scrapbook : A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.
Scrape : To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. ;; To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). ;; To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. ;; To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. ;; To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub ha
Scraped : of Scrape
Scrapepenny : One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Scraper : An instrument with which anything is scraped. ;; An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it. ;; An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc. ;; An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. ;; In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression. ;; One who scrapes. ;; One who plays awkwardly on a violin. ;; One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
Scraping : of Scrape ;; The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper. ;; Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street. ;; Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
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