a. [ Pref. bi- + scutate. ] (Bot.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus off Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard.
Syn. -- genus Biscutella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. See Discuss. ] (Med.) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. -- n. An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. “Foment with discutiens.” Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escusson, F. écusson, from OF. escu shield, F. écu. See Esquire, Scutcheon. ] 1. (Her.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The two sides of an escutcheon are respectively designated as dexter and sinister, as in the cut, and the different parts or points by the following names: A, Dexter chief point; B, Middle chief point; C, Sinister chief point; D, Honor or color point; E, Fesse or heart point; F, Nombrill or navel point; G, Dexter base point; H, Middle base point; I, base point. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. C. L. Flint. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written. R. H. Dane, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Carp.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zoöl.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. [ 1913 Webster ]

Escutcheon of pretense, an escutcheon used in English heraldry to display the arms of the bearer's wife; -- not commonly used unless she an heiress. Cf. Impalement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + scutellate. ] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. one who cuts or grinds designs on glass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. one who cuts flat glass to size.
Syn. -- glassworker, glazier, glazer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Her.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Meso- + scutum. ] (Zool.) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Post-, and Scutellum. ] (Zool.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., n., n., n., n. Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prescuta [ NL. See Præ-, and Scutum. ] (Zool.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. √ 159. ] [ Obs. ] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, esp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. “He ran like a scut.” Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a scut. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

My doe with the black scut. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Scutum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a shield. ] (Eng. Hist.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutatus armed with a shield, from scutum a shield. ] 1. Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scutched p. pr. & vb. n. Scutching. ] [ See Scotch to cut slightly. ] 1. To beat or whip; to drub. [ Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scutching machine, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; -- called also batting machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. “The smoke of the burning scutch.” Cuthbert Bede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aphetic form of escutcheon. ] 1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emblazoned on or as a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who scutches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton, etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo. ] 1. A small shield. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n.; pl. Scutellae [ NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum. ] (Zool.) See Scutellum, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket. ] 1. (Zool.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Scutellum. ] (Zool.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutella a dish + -form. ] 1. Scutellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutellus a shield + planta foot. ] (Zool.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scutella [ NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield. ] 1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax. (b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Scutibranchiate. -- n. One of the Scutibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Scutibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Scutibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Scutum, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is now usually regarded as including only the Rhipidoglossa and the Docoglossa. When originally established, it included a heterogenous group of mollusks having shieldlike shells, such as Haliotis, Fissurella, Carinaria, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n. One of the Scutibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutum shield + -ferous. ] Carrying a shield or buckler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutum shield + -form: cf. F. scutiforme. ] Shield-shaped; scutate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. scutum shield + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutum a shield + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. scutipède. ] (Zool.) Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Scuttle, v. i. ] To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [ Prov. Eng. ]

A mangy little jackal . . . cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet. ] 1. A broad, shallow basket. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ For scuddle, fr. scud. ] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A quick pace; a short run. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escoutille, F. éscoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escotar to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom-shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom, G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse. ] 1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. (b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scuttle butt, or
Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scuttled p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling. ] 1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds. [ PJC ]

n. 1. See scuttle butt. [ PJC ]

2. A drinking fountain on board a ship or at a naval station. [ PJC ]

3. The latest gossip; rumors. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Scuta [ L. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax. (b) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]