scrouge
To crowd or squeeze.—Wiltshire.
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scrub
A low mean fellow, employed in all sorts of dirty work.
scrubeenie
substitute
scruff
The back part of the neck seized by the adversary in an encounter. "I seized him by the SCRUFF of the neck, and chucked him out." Originally SCURF.
scrumptious
Nice, particular, beautiful.
scud
Naked.
scufter
A policeman.—North Country.
scull
A head of a house, or master of a college, at the universities.
scull
Or SKULL, the head, or master of a college.—University, but nearly obsolete; the gallery, however, in St. Mary’s (the Oxford University church), where the "Heads of Houses" sit in solemn state, is still nicknamed the "Golgotha" by the undergraduates.
scum
Semen.
scum
The riff-raff, tag-rag, and bob-tail, or lowest order of people.
scum of the earth
People considered to be of the lowest moral character
scumbag
A condom.
scunny
Scunthorpe.
scurf
A mean fellow. Literally a scurvy fellow.
scut
The tail of a hare or rabbit; also that of a woman.
scuttle
To scuttle off; to run away. To scuttle a ship; to make a hole in her bottom in order to sink her.
scuzz up
to ruin
scythian defiance
When Darius approached Scythia, an ambassador was sent to his tent with a bird, a frog, a mouse, and five arrows, then left without uttering a word. Darius, wondering what was meant, was told by Gobrias it meant this: Either fly away like a bird, hide your head in a hole like a mouse, or swim across the river, or in five days you will be laid prostrate by the Scythian arrows.
Scythians into Thrace
Cicero was forewarned of his death by the fluttering of ravens, and Macaulay relates the legend that a raven en- tered the chamber of the great orator the very day of his murder and pulled the clothes off his bed. Like many other birds, ravens indicate by their cries the approach of foul weather, but "it is ful unleful to beleve that God sheweth His prevy counsayle to crowes, as Isidore sayth.
sea change
A significant transformation or change
Sea Deities
In classical myth, besides the fifty Nereids (q.v.), the Oceanides (daughters of Oceanus), the Sirens (q.v.), etc., there were a number of deities presiding over, or con- nected with, the sea.
Sea Island Cotton
The cotton grown on the coast of South Carolina.
sea lawyer
A rules lawyer.
Sea Lawyer
A sailor who knows all about his rights, and is always arguing, criticizing, raising objections to the orders 9f his superior officers, etc. In the Army such is known as a Barrack Room Lawyer.
sea legs
ability to balance and walk steadily on a ship
sea legs
He has got his sea legs. Is able to walk on deck when the ship is rolling; able to bear the motion of the ship without sea- sickness.
sea load
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
sea serpent
A serpentine monster formerly supposed to inhabit the depths of the ocean.
sea-connie
The steersman of an Indian ship. By the insurance laws he must be either a PYAH Portuguese, a European, or a Manilla man,—Lascars not being allowed to be helmsmen.
sea-cook
"son of a SEA-COOK," an opprobrious phrase used on board ship, differing from "son of a gun," which is generally used admiringly or approvingly.
seagull approach
To take what you want without contributing anything
seagull manager
A manager who only intervenes when problems arise
seal the deal
To finalize or confirm an agreement
Sealed Orders
The term applied to orders delivered in a sealed package to naval or military commanders which they are not to read or consult before a certain time, or before reaching a certain locality, or except in certain specified conditions.
seals
A religious slang term for converts. Also a Mormon term for wives. See OWNED.
Seamy Side
The "wrong" or worst side; as the "seamy side of London," "the seamy side of life." In velvet, Brussels carpets, tapestry, etc., the "wrong" side shows the seams or threads of the pattern exhibited on the right side.
search and rescue
Efforts to find and help people in danger or distress
search engine
A program that finds and lists relevant documents on the internet
search for something
Look carefully for something
Second Adventists
Those who believe that the Second Coming of Christ (cp. 1 Thess. iv, 15) will precede the Millennium; hence some- times also called Premillenarians.
second banana
A person who plays a secondary role to someone else
second childhood
A period of foolish or immature behavior in adulthood
second fiddle
To play a lesser role to someone else
second gear
moderately or at an intermediate level
second nature
Something that is done automatically or with ease
second nature
Said of a habit, way of looking at things, and so on, that has become so ingrained in one that it is next to impossible to shake it off.
second pair back
The back room on the floor two flights of stairs above the ground floor; similarly the front room is called the second pair front.
second sight
The power of seeing things invisible to others; the power of foreseeing future events.
second string
A secondary or backup option
second thoughts are the best
Reconsidering a decision often leads to a better outcome
second to none
Heroin.
second Tuesday of the week
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
second wind
Soon after the start in running, unless the runner is very fit he gets out of breath; but, as the body becomes heated, breathing becomes more easy, and ^endures till fatigue produces exhaustion; this is called the second wind.
secondary colours
Those which result from the mixture of two or more primary colours, such as orange, green, and purple.
secondary school
school for students between elementary and college levels
secret
He has been let into the secret: he has been cheated at gaming or horse-racing. He or she is in the grand secret, i.e. dead.
Secret Service
A general unofficial term applied to the organization which exists in every country, in peace or war, for the collec- tion of information about enemies, potential enemies and disaffected persons; also for counter-espionage. Such organizations have many ramifications, some quite public, others secret.
secretary spread
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
secular arm
Civil, in centra-distinction to ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The relapsed are delivered to the secular arm. PRIESTLEY: Corruptions of Christianity.
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