scotches
The legs; also synonymous with notches.
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Scotland a fief of England
Edward I founded his claim to the lordship of Scotland on four grounds, viz. — (1) the statement of certain ancient chroniclers that Scottish kings had' occasionally paid homage to English sovereigns from time immemorial. (2) From charters of Scottish kings: as those of Edgar, son of Malcolm, William, and his son Alexander II. (3) From papal rescripts; as those of Honorius III, Gregory IX, and Clement IV.
scotland as successor to the throne
She set out for her kingdom, but died at sea from sea- sickness.
Scotland Yard
The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, whence all public orders to the force proceed. The original Scotland Yard, occupied by the Police from 1829-90, was a short street near Trafalgar Square, so called from a palace on the spot, given by King Edgar (about 970) to Kenneth II of Scotland when he came to London to pay homage, and subsequently used by the Scottish kings when visiting England.
scots proverbs
Traditional sayings from Scotland
scottish kings were crowned
It was from here that Edward I, in 1296, brought the great coronation stone on which the kings of Scot-
scoundrel
A man void of every principle of honour.
scoundrel’s dictionary
Or, an Explanation of the Cant Words used by Thieves, Housebreakers, Street-robbers, and Pickpockets about Town, with some curious Dissertations on the Art of Wheedling, &c., the whole printed from a copy taken on one of their gang, in the late scuffle between the watchman and a party of them on Clerkenwell Green, 8vo. 1754.
scour
To scour or score off; to run away: perhaps from SCORE; i.e. full speed, or as fast as legs would carry one. Also to wear: chiefly applied to irons, fetters, or handcuffs, because wearing scours them. He will scour the darbies; he will be in fetters. To scour the cramp ring; to wear bolts or fetters, from which, as well as from coffin hinges, rings supposed to prevent the cramp are made.
scourers
Riotous bucks, who amuse themselves with breaking windows, beating the watch, and assaulting every person they meet: called scouring the streets.
scout
A college errand-boy at Oxford, called a gyp at Cambridge. Also a watchman or a watch. CANT.
scout
A college valet, or waiter.—Oxford. See GYP.
scradge
Food.
scrag
The neck.—Old Cant. Scotch, CRAIG. Still used by butchers. Hence, SCRAG, to hang by the neck, and SCRAGGING, an execution,—also Old Cant.
scragging
A beating.
scran
Pieces of meat, broken victuals. Formerly the reckoning at a public-house. SCRANNING, or "out on the SCRAN," begging for broken victuals. Also, an Irish malediction of a mild sort, "Bad SCRAN to yer!" i.e., bad food to you.
scran-bag
A soldier’s haversack.—Military Slang.
scrap
A villainous scheme or plan. He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers the whole plan or scheme.
scrap
To fight. Also used as a substantive. Prize-fighters are often known as SCRAPPERS.
scrape
To get into a scrape; to be involved in a disagreeable business.
scrape
A difficulty; SCRAPE, low wit for a shave.
scrape along
manage with great difficulty
scrape someone off the ceiling
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
scrape the bottom of the barrel
Use the least desirable or remaining options
scrape through
to barely succeed or pass something
scrape together
Collect or gather something with difficulty
scraper
A fiddler; also one who scrapes plates for mezzotinto prints.
scraping
A mode of expressing dislike to a person, or sermon, practised at Oxford by the students, in scraping their feet against the ground during the preachment; frequently done to testify their disapprobation of a proctor who has been, as they think, too rigorous.
scratch
Old Scratch; the Devil: probably from the long and sharp claws with which he is frequently delineated.
scratch
An imaginary meeting-point in a fight, or verbal contest; "coming up to the SCRATCH," preparing to fight—literally approaching the line which used to be chalked on the ground to divide the ring. According to the rules of the prize ring, the toe should be placed at the SCRATCH, so the phrase often is "toeing the SCRATCH."
scratch an itch
to satisfy a desire or craving
scratch and sniff
to investigate and gather information
scratch beneath the surface
To look beyond the obvious and explore something more deeply
scratch by
manage with difficulty
scratch one's head
To feel confused or puzzled
scratch one's own itch
To solve a problem that personally affects oneself
scratch that
Forget what was just said
scratch the itch
to satisfy a desire or craving
scratch the surface
To barely begin to understand or deal with a problem or issue
scratch together
Gather or collect something with difficulty
scratch wig
A small one just large enough to cover the bald patch, as opposed to the full-bottomed wig.
scratch-race
(on the turf), a race at which the horses run at catch weights, a race without restrictions. In boating, a race in which the crew are picked up anyhow. A SCRATCH crew is a crew of all sorts.
scream bloody murder
to loudly and strongly protest or complain
scream loudest
to complain or protest most vigorously
scream one's head off
to scream very loudly
screaming
First-rate, splendid. Believed to have been first used in the Adelphi play-bills; "a SCREAMING farce," one calculated to make the audience scream with laughter. Now a general expression.
screaming trots
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
screed
An illogical or badly-written article or paper upon any subject.
screen
A bank note. Queer screens; forged bank notes. The cove was twisted for smashing queer screens; the fellow was hanged for uttering forged bank notes.
screen door on a submarine
Completely useless or ineffective
screeve
To write.
screeve
A letter, a begging petition.
screw
A skeleton key used by housebreakers to open a lock. To stand on the screw signifies that a door is not bolted, but merely locked.
screw
An unsound or broken-down horse, that requires both whip and spur to get him along. So called from the screw-like manner in which his ribs generally show through the skin.
screw it
to abandon or give up on something
screw jaws
A wry-mouthed man or woman.
screw off
to go away or leave someone alone
screw this
to abandon or reject something
screw you
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
screwed
Intoxicated or drunk.
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