n. (Chem.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. scopae, scopa, a broom. ] (Zool.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr.
Your scope is as mine own,
So to enforce or qualify the laws
As to your soul seems good. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Give him line and scope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. (Zool.) Scopeloid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. &unr_; a headland) + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus
a. [ L. scopae, scopa + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form. ] Having the form of a broom or besom. “Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform.” Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. scopae, scopa, a broom + pes, pedis, a foot. ] (Zool.) Same as Scopuliped. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ From Scoop, v. t. ] To lade or dip out. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ NL. scops, fr. Gr. &unr_; the little horned owl. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus