SCUTTLE
\skˈʌtə͡l], \skˈʌtəl], \s_k_ˈʌ_t_əl]\
Definitions of SCUTTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
By Princeton University
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to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
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To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
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A quick pace; a short run.
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A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
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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.
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The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
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To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
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To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
By Oddity Software
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A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
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To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
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A quick pace; a short run.
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A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
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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.
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The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
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To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
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To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
By Noah Webster.
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To hasten or hurry.
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To cut a hole or holes in (a ship) to sink it.
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A quick or short run; a hod for holding coal; lid or door closing or covering an opening in a roof, etc.; a hatchway or small opening in the deck of a ship.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A shallow basket: a vessel for holding coal.
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The openings or hatchways of a ship: a hole through the hatches or in the side or bottom of a ship.
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To cut holes through any part of a ship: to sink a ship by cutting holes in it.
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To scud or run with haste: to hurry.
By Daniel Lyons
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To cut a hole in the side or bottom of, as a ship.
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To run hurriedly.
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Vessel for carrying coal; hatchway.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A small hatchway or opening in a deck, provided with a lid to cover it; a hole in the side or the bottom of a ship; a square hole in a roof with a lid.
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A quick pace or short run.
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To cut large holes through the bottom of a ship; to sink by doing so.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A broad shallow basket; a metal pan or pail for holding coals.
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In ships, a small hatchway or opening in the deck; a square hole in a roof with a movable cover.
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To cut holes in the bottom, the sides, or deck of a ship or boat for any purpose, generally for sinking her.
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To run with precipitation; to hurry furtively away.
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A running with affected haste; a quick bustling run.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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