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Scuttle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Scuttle? [n] an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [n] container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire [v] to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground." Synonyms \| Synonyms for Scuttle: coal scuttle \| hatchway \| opening \| scamper \| scurry \| skitter Related Terms \| Find terms related to Scuttle: See Also \| container \| entrance \| entranceway \| entree \| entry \| entryway \| escape hatch \| hatch \| run Scuttle In Webster's Dictionary \Scut"tle\, 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. 2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. \Scut"tle\, v. i. [For scuddle, fr. scud.] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. --Sir W. Scott. \Scut"tle\, n. A quick pace; a short run. --Spectator. \Scut"tle\, n. [OF. escoutille, F. ['e]scoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escoter 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. 2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. {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. \Scut"tle\, 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. 2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

Scuttle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scuttle?

[n] an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
[n] container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
[v] to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground."

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Scuttle In Webster's Dictionary

\Scut"tle\, 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.

2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.


\Scut"tle\, v. i. [For scuddle, fr. scud.]
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to
scuddle.

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


\Scut"tle\, n.
A quick pace; a short run. --Spectator.


\Scut"tle\, n. [OF. escoutille, F. ['e]scoutille, cf.
Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escoter 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.

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

{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.


\Scut"tle\, 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.

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

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