Vocabulary : Scurvy to Scutcheon

Scurvy : Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. ;; Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. ;; A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
Scut : The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
Scuta : See Scutum. ;; of Scutum
Scutage : Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Scutal : Of or pertaining to a shield.

Scutate : Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round. ;; Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.
Scutch : To beat or whip; to drub. ;; To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. ;; To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. ;; A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp. ;; The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
Scutch grass : A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Scutched : of Scutch
Scutcheon : An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. ;; A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

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