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a. (Med.) Antiscorbutic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat with scorn. “Then was he bescorned.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Dioscorides the Greek physician. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, the roots of which are eaten as yams. See Yam. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. a natural family of tuberous plants including the yams.
Syn. -- family Dioscoreaceae, yam family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i. ] 1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. vi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord. [ 1913 Webster ]

For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;ing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apple of discord. See under Apple.

Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n. ] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The one discording with the other. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. descordable. ] That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [ R. ] Halliwell.

{ } n. [ Cf. F. discordance. ] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n. ] 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Discord, n., 2. ] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

For still their music seemed to start
Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Syn. -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable.

-- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of discord; contentious. [ Obs. ] “His discordful dame.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of discord. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [ Obs. ] Jas. II. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incongruous. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ Prop. Sp. escorial, i. e., a hill or heap of rubbish, earth, and stones brought out of a mine, fr. escoria dross of metal, L. scoria, fr. Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Scoria. ] A palace and mausoleum of the kings of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid; called also escurial. It was erected in 1563-1584 and contains a monastery. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The ground plan is said to be in the form of a gridiron, the structure being designed in honor of St. Lawrence, who suffered martyrdom by being broiled on a gridiron; but the resemblance is very slight. It is nearly square, inclosing several courts, and has a projecting mass which stands for the handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See Correct. ] 1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting. ] [ Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n. ] To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

Syn. -- To accompany; attend. See Accompany. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Four + core, n. ] Four times twenty; eighty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Curling) A distance line drawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fail or err in attempting to correct. “Scaliger miscorrects his author.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. -- n. The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Scorpion. ] (Zool.) An order of Arachnoidea having the palpi terminated by large claws, as in the scorpions, but destitute of a caudal sting; the false scorpions. Called also Pseudoscorpii, and Pseudoscorpionina. See Illust. of Book scorpion, under Book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. scorbutus: cf. F. scorbut. See Scurvy, n. ] Scurvy. [ Obs. ] Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. scorbutique. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- Scor*bu"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ LL. See Scorbute. ] (Med.) Scurvy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Barter. [ Obs. ] See Scorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scorched p. pr. & vb. n. Scorching. ] [ OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrökka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skråkkla to wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. écorcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched. ] 1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summer drouth or singèd air
Never scorch thy tresses fair. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. Rev. xvi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fire that scorches me to death. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To burn or be burnt. [ 1913 Webster ]

He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [ Colloq. ] -- Scorch"er, n. [Colloq.]

a very hot day. [ Informal ] [ PJC ]

a. 1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching. [ PJC ]

-- Scorch"ing*ly, adv. -- Scorch"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. skåra. See Shear. ] 1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

He parted well, and paid his score. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf. [ 1913 Webster ]

But left the trade, as many more
Have lately done on the same score. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amongst three or four score hogsheads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A weight of twenty pounds. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]

10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam. [ PJC ]

In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. Smart. --
To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation. [ 1913 Webster ] Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scored p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ] 1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us score their backs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A briar in that tangled wilderness
Had scored her white right hand. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Madam, I know when,
Instead of five, you scored me ten. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To run up a score, or account of dues. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

5. To purchase drugs illegally. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, scores. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scoriae [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; dung, ordure. ] 1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scoriaceous. E. A. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. scoriacé. ] Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The young of any gull. [ Written also scaurie. ] [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. scorification. See Scorify. ] (Chem.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In the form of scoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scorified p. pr. & vb. n. Scorifying ] [ Scoria + -fy: cf. F. scorifier. ] (Chem.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scoriaceous. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernōn to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock. ] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And wandered backward as in scorn,
To wait an aeon to be born. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every sullen frown and bitter scorn
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. “He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6. --
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scorned p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ] [ OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n. ] 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. [ 1913 Webster ]

I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn. [ 1913 Webster ]