| Scath | n. [ Icel. skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. 'askhqh`s unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v. ] Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [ Written also scathe. ] [ 1913 Webster ] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Wherein Rome hath done you any scath,
Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Scath | { } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scathed p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing ] [ Icel. skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan, sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadōn, Goth. skaþjan. ] To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. [ 1913 Webster ] As when heaven's fire
Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Scathe |
