n. [ A corruption of Christcross. ] 1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. W. E. Boardman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Christcross-row. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Discrowned p. pr. & vb. n. Discrowning. ] To deprive of a crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Scrod, a young cod.

{ } n. [ See Escrow, Scroll. ] 1. A scroll. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) (a) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest. (b) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond. See Scroll. ] (Law) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inscrolled p. pr. & vb. n. Inscrolling. ] To write on a scroll; to record. [ Written also inscrol. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scrobiculae [ NL. See Scrobiculate. ] (Zool.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis a ditch or trench. ] (Bot.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed. [ Written also escrod. ] [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scrofulae, fr. scrofa a breeding sow, because swine were supposed to be subject to such a complaint, or by a fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs; perhaps akin to Gr. &unr_; an old sow: cf. F. scrofules. Cf. Scroyle. ] (Med.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. scrofuleux. ] 1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Scrof"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof"u*lous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Scrag, or Gael. sgrogag anything shriveled, from sgrog to compress, shrivel. ] A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A dim. of OE. scroue, scrowe (whence E. escrow), OF. escroe, escroue, F. écrou entry in the jail book, LL. scroa scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred, slip of paper, akin to E. shred. Cf. Shred, Escrow. ] 1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. Isa. xxxiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here is the scroll of every man's name. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [ U.S. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen. --
Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws. --
Scroll saw. See under Saw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. So called because it was reputed to be a remedy for scrofula. ] (Bot.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants (Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scrotum scrotum + -form. ] Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scrotum + Gr. kh`lh a tumor: cf. F. scrotocèle. ] (Med.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Anat.) The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To crowd; to squeeze. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Escrow, Scroll. ] 1. A scroll. [ Obs. ] Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. escrouselle a kind of vermin, escrouelles, pl., scrofula, F. écrouelles, fr. (assumed) LL. scrofellae for L. scrofulae. See Scrofula, and cf. Cruels. ] A mean fellow; a wretch. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]