n. A shower of rain. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. escache. ] A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also
n. pl. [ OF. eschaces, F. échasses, fr. D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See Skate, for the foot. ] Stilts. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Skate, for the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. scatebra a gushing up of water, from scatere to bubble, gush. ] Abounding with springs. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr.
But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherein Rome hath done you any scath,
Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
As when heaven's fire
Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]
He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]