† scatn.1
Obsolete (rare after Old English).
Treasure, money; in Middle English only in scat and s(c)rud.
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society > trade and finance > money > [noun]
silverc825
feec870
pennieseOE
wortheOE
mintOE
scata1122
spense?c1225
spendinga1290
sumc1300
gooda1325
moneya1325
cattlec1330
muckc1330
reasona1382
pecunyc1400
gilt1497
argentc1500
gelta1529
Mammon1539
ale silver1541
scruff1559
the sinews of war1560
sterling1565
lour1567
will-do-all1583
shell1591
trasha1592
quinyie1596
brass1597
pecuniary1604
dust1607
nomisma1614
countera1616
cross and pilea1625
gingerbreada1625
rhinoa1628
cash1646
grig1657
spanker1663
cole1673
goree1699
mopus1699
quid1699
ribbin1699
bustle1763
necessary1772
stuff1775
needfula1777
iron1785
(the) Spanish1788
pecuniar1793
kelter1807
dibs1812
steven1812
pewter1814
brad1819
pogue1819
rent1823
stumpy1828
posh1830
L. S. D.1835
rivetc1835
tin1836
mint sauce1839
nobbins1846
ochre1846
dingbat1848
dough1848
cheese1850
California1851
mali1851
ducat1853
pay dirt1853
boodle?1856
dinero1856
scad1856
the shiny1856
spondulicks1857
rust1858
soap1860
sugar1862
coin1874
filthy1876
wampum1876
ooftish1877
shekel1883
oil1885
oof1885
mon1888
Jack1890
sploshc1890
bees and honey1892
spending-brass1896
stiff1897
mazuma1900
mazoom1901
cabbage1903
lettuce1903
Oscar Asche1905
jingle1906
doubloons1908
kale1912
scratch1914
green1917
oscar1917
snow1925
poke1926
oodle1930
potatos1931
bread1935
moolah1936
acker1939
moo1941
lolly1943
loot1943
poppy1943
mazoola1944
dosh1953
bickies1966
lovely jubbly1990
scrilla1994
a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Swa manega gersumas on sceat & on scrud & on bokes swa nan man ne mæi oðer tællen.
a1200 Moral Ode 367 Ne sal þer ben naðer scat ne srud ne wereldes wele none.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3169 Quat-so he boden, sruð or sat, Egipte folc hem lenen ðat.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 795 God gaf him ðor siluer and gold And hird and orf and srud and sat.
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† scatn.2
Obsolete. rare.
Treasure.
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the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > hoarded wealth > treasure
treasure1154
garrison1297
treasury1297
scat1481
thesaur1491
costliness1535
wealth-store1891
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 34 I haue so grette scatte and good of syluer and of gold that seuen waynes shold not conne carye it away.
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scatn.3
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ a. gen. A tax, tribute. Now historical with reference to countries under Scandinavian rule.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tribute > [noun]
gavelc725
trewagec1275
rentc1300
tribute1340
port1350
scat1502
tribute-money1526
mise1535
vectigal1535
livery1577
mise-money1617
1502 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 116/1 The rasing of al unlawis, eschetis, proffittis, skattis and dewiteis according to the said regalite.
1506 Exch. Rolls Scot. XII. 703 That the fredome and privelege of halikirk be observit..without ony scatt, stent, taxation, or extortion to be maid in tyme cuming.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 24 Wrangys to redres suld weyr be vndertane, For na conquest, reif, skat nor pensioun.
1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xvi. xii, in Tales Wayside Inn 140 Laying waste the kingdom, Seizing scatt and treasure.
1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard ii. 22 He will not be content with setting his men over us and taking scatt.
b. In Orkney and Shetland, the land-tax paid to the Crown by a udal tenant. †Also, in certain parts of Scotland and the north of England, the designation of various local imposts in the 15–17th centuries.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > other local or municipal dues or taxes
shot and lotlOE
burghal-pennyc1177
scot1227
scat1577
turnsilver1578
rogue money1585
town charge1592
marshalsea1657
by-law1691
tensership1701
statute money1792
corporate tax1824
UBR1985
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > land tax > types of land tax
hidegelda1087
tenmantalec1135
hidagea1195
penny-gavel1440
ground-annual1551
hide-money1570
carucage1577
scat1577
caruage1610
agistment1632
geld levy1878
1577 in D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland (1859) 18 Ane dewtie thai pay to the Kingis Majestie for thair scat and landmales zeirlie.
1598 Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 172 Ilk howsholder in Futtie..to pay the skait vsid and wont.
1612 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 481/2 Toillis, anchorages..scattis, land maillis [etc.].
1814 J. Shirreff Gen. View Agric. Orkney 30 Subject only to the tax of scat and tithe.
1821 W. Scott Pirate II. v. 101 We must pay scat and wattle.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. Udal Right is that right in land, which though dependent on the Crown as superior, for payment of a tribute called Skat, is completed [etc.].
1859 D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland Gloss. 128 Skat, the Tax upon all land occupied by Odal-red, for the support of the Crown, and expense of government.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
scat-field n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > common or unenclosed land
lea805
leasea1000
green1190
common1377
tye1407
common field1523
champaign1555
commons1583
champian1611
commonage1635
commoninga1661
open1733
open field1762
mark1849
veld1852
scat-field1881
stray1889
1881 Standard 26 July 5 [Shetland] The sheep and ponies run on the ‘Scatfield’, or common; and the ‘Scat tax’ is not a popular impost.
scat tax n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > other local or municipal dues or taxes > in specific parts of country
nutsilver1311
nut pennies1472
wattle1477
scot1666
scat tax1868
1868 D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys v. 158 Ruga who collected the King of Norway's corn, or the Scatt-tax in Orkney.
C2. † scat gild n. Obsolete the payment or tax of ‘scat’.† scat haver n. Obsolete† scat malt n. Obsolete oats, malt, taken in payment of ‘scat’.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun]
yieldc950
tollc1000
tolne1023
mailOE
lotlOE
ransomc1325
tail1340
pensiona1387
contribution1387
scat gild14..
due1423
responsionc1447
impositionc1460
devoirs1503
excisea1513
toloney1517
impost1569
cast1597
levy1640
responde1645
reprise1818
14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 60 For sellyng of the same [heryng] thay schall gyffe to ye skatte~gyld iiij d.
1483 in R. Davies York Records (1843) 175 In esyng of the tolls, murage, bucher penys & skaitgyld.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > paid in produce
scat haver1344
scat malt1438
assize-herring1597
forester oats1794
tribute rice1853
1344–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 172 Decem boll avene que vocatur Scathaver de bondis de Heworth.
1450–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 187 Et de vs. rec. pro xij bollez de Scathaver.
scat land n. land subject to ‘scat’.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > land tax > land subject to
scat land1502
zamindari1742
ounceland1805
geld1809
1502 in A. Peterkin Rentals Earldom & Bishoprick of Orkney (1820) 12 Item wt flawis j d terre scatland ant in butter scat vij d.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > paid in produce
scat haver1344
scat malt1438
assize-herring1597
forester oats1794
tribute rice1853
1438–9 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 63 Pro 7 bondis antedictis in precio 7 quar. de Scatmaltez sic sibi vend. hoc anno.
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scatn.4
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ dialect.
1. A blow or buffet.
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1872 E. Lynn Linton Joshua Davidson 6 It was a laugh..that seemed to mean the same thing as ‘scat’,—our Cornish word for a blow.
1901 E. L. Voynich Jack Raymond 173 The soft and pitying eyes seemed to shame him ‘like a scat in the face’.
2. ‘Anything burst or broken open; the sound of a rent; the sharp sound of a bullet’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). Cf. scat v.3, scat adv.
ΚΠ
1895 S. R. Crockett Bog-myrtle & Peat 294 A shot rang out, followed immediately by the ‘scat’ of a bullet against the rock.
3. A brief spell of weather; a short turn of work.
ΚΠ
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 48/2 A scat of fine weather.
1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 256 A scat of frost.
1895 E. M. Stooke Not Exactly i. 24 An' cashionally 'e dooes a scat to gardenin'.
4. A sudden or passing shower of rain.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > sudden
flash1653
scat17..
volley1737
blirt1810
flurry1828
brash1849
skift1947
17.. Prov. in A. Brice Grand Gazetteer (1759) at Haldon When Haldon hath a Hat, Kenton beware a Skat [Risdon (1714) 47 Squatt].
1834 G. Roberts Hist. & Antiq. Lyme Regis 252 Scatt, a shower.
1897 E. Phillpotts Lying Prophets ii. vi. 187 Presently a scat of heavy rain on a squall of wind shut out the harbour for a time.
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scatn.5
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ U.S. slang.
Whisky.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun]
usquebaugh1581
creature1638
corn-brandy1704
whisky1715
usque1728
spunkiea1796
skreigh1813
the stuff1828
snake poison1842
tanglefoot1860
whisky-straight1864
oil1869
Auld Kirk1884
snake juice1890
screech1902
scat1914
pinch bottle1916
screecham1923
juice1932
malt1967
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 73 Scat, noun, general circulation. Whiskey. Derived by suggestion from ‘skey’ (skee), the termination of ‘whiskey’.
1949 E. Partridge Dict. Underworld 597/2 Scat, whiskey... Perhaps proleptic: it causes intelligence to scat, to scatter, to vanish.
1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 161 Peter men don't punch much guff as a rule, but sometimes the scat will loosen them up for some good yarns.
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scatn.6adj.
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ Jazz.
A style of improvised singing in which meaningless but expressive syllables, usually representing the sound of a musical instrument, are used instead of words. Frequently attributive passing into adj. (see also Compounds below).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > jazz singing
scat1929
scat-singing1929
scatting1946
vocalese1955
1929 Melody Maker Apr. 369/1 This particular type of vocalism is known as ‘Scat’ singing. This name undoubtedly owes its origin to the almost inevitable way of starting any line with ‘Scat-da-doo’. A very fine example of this ‘Scat Singing’ is in ‘Candy Lips’ by Louis Armstrong's Wash~board beaters.., the label rightly describing it as ‘Scat’ chorus by Clarence Williams.
1933 D. Runyon in Collier's 28 Jan. 41/1 She has to play against a scat band.
1937 Amer. Speech 12 182/2 Scat, a style of singing in which the vocalist scorns the lyrics, substituting meaningless but expressive syllables of his own improvisation.
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets x. 229 The pattern..was derived..from attempts of white singers of popular tunes to imitate the rhythmic Negro scat song.
1963 Times 27 Dec. 4/7 The exhilarating and often quasi-instrumental vocal duetting, sometimes in scat or in falsetto, behind the melodic line.
1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. 19/1 Jarreau is a sophisticated cabaret artist whose vocal mimicry and jazz-man scat account for much of his onstage success.
Compounds
scat-sing v. transitive and intransitive (as a back-formation).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing jazz in specific style
scat-sing1934
scat1935
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing jazz in specific style
scat-sing1934
1934 A. Bowlly Mod. Style Singing xxiv. 118 Current records should be the best guide of how..to ‘scat’ sing.
1978 Fanfare (Toronto) 10 May 11/2 She sings Twisted, scat sings it, tosses her head back, shakes her lion's mane, pushes her voice into a falsetto that does no little damage to the eardrums.
1978 Maledicta 1977 1 222 Fang Dang would scat-sing the melody (i.e. using nonsensical words or ‘vocalese’ to ‘sing’ the parts of the instrumentation).
scat-singer n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of other types of music > [noun] > jazz singer
scat-singer1936
1936 C. L. Cons Jargon of Jazz in Amer. Mercury May p. x/2 Scat singer, a hi-de-ho shouter.
1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop v. 39 The swing era produced such notable ‘scat’ singers as Leo Watson.
1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed iv. 29 A hot-jazz man..with..a misplaced confidence in his ability as a scat-singer.
scat-singing n. singing in this style; also as adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > jazz singing
scat1929
scat-singing1929
scatting1946
vocalese1955
1929 [see main sense].
1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xx. 252 She pressed the full impact of her scat-singing personality into record grooves.
1957 Amer. Speech 32 275 Many bop phrases seem to derive from the nonsense syllables of scat-singing, which, in turn, is simply the voice imitating the sound of an instrument, the first known instance of which, so the story goes, occurred when Louis Armstrong dropped his lyric sheet in the middle of a 1926 recording date and was forced to improvise the words.
1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues vi. 205 With a fierce line in ‘scat’ singing which had the ‘dirty tone’ of a muted trumpet, Mary Dixon sang with no apparent restraint.
1974 New Yorker 29 Apr. 73 Scat-singing Ella Fitzgerald doesn't just see an audience.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 20 Nov. 24/3 He didn't invent scat singing any more than Louis Armstrong did, but it's a technique he perfected.
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scatn.7
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ 1. Dung; (plural) droppings.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > dung
sharnc825
thostc1000
dungOE
dirta1300
croteysa1425
lessesa1425
grotesc1450
pillc1450
fumishing1527
trattles1547
fiants1575
dunging1582
dropping1596
soil1607
soiling1610
stercoration1694
pellet1884
mire1922
pat1937
scat1950
1950 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add.
1959 E. Collier Three against Wilderness xx. 207 Whenever I travelled the game trails, my eyes were alert for any coyote scat (manure) deposited on them.
1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush iv. 48 The speculation when finding a spoor or scat.
1977 Devon Wetlands (Devon County Council) xix. 74 The two signs of Otters most likely to be found are their footprints and their droppings (usually known as scats or spraints)... Recognising spraints requires some practice particularly to avoid confusing them with Mink scats.
1977 New Yorker 27 June 70/3 We avoid a mound of bear scat.
2. slang. Heroin. Cf. shit n. 5.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin > heroin
heroin1898
junk1921
dynamite1924
schmeck1932
smack1942
horse1950
gear1954
boy1955
sugar1956
chiva1964
scag1967
hoss1968
scat1970
P-funk1982
black tar1983
1970 Lebende Sprachen XV. 103/2 Scat, heroin.
1972 D. E. Westlake Cops & Robbers (1973) ii. 39 You're dealing in machismo, man, just like I'm dealing in scat.
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† scatv.1
Obsolete.
transitive. To oppress by exactions.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [verb (transitive)] > levy (an impost, tax, or due) > oppress by exactions
scat1481
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > tax (a person or thing) > burden or oppress with taxes
charge1330
scat1481
overtax1607
screwa1643
to shoot‥through and through1690
rack1862
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Whan they be myghty and doubted, thenne ben they extorcionners and scatte and pylle the peple.
1543 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 191 The toune is hauely murmurit be the landmen, that the vittell hyaris of the merkat, scattis thame grytlie in taking of sampills, scheyt-schakkingis, and sic oder ewill vsit custum.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 67 He conselled thame [to] exerceis skarting [v.r. scatting] and oppressioun wpoun the realme.
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† scatv.2
Obsolete.
intransitive. In phrase to scat and lot (later to scat or contribute) = ‘to scot and lot’, i.e. to contribute equally to the defraying of some charge or cost.
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society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (transitive)]
contribute1530
confera1538
to scat and lot1560
to kick in1908
to put in1915
1560 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 87 Personis..quhilkis..nother scattis lottis extentis walkis nor wardis nor yit beris na portable charges within this burgh.
1581 in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs (1870) I. 117 The acts of burrowes maid anent the scatting and lotting for pilleit and cassin guids.
1594 in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs (1870) I. 449 Nather skatt and lott with thame.
1612 in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs (1870) II. 340 That no monye sould scatt or contribute with onye goods castin or pilleyit.
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scatv.3
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ dialect.
transitive. To break in pieces, shatter.
ΚΠ
1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (at cited word) To Scat, to dash any fragile body on the ground.
1893 ‘Q’ Delectable Duchy 306 The van..scat itself to bits against the bridge.
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scatv.4
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ Jazz (chiefly U.S.).
a. intransitive. To perform scat-singing; to sing or improvise with meaningless syllables.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing jazz in specific style
scat-sing1934
scat1935
1935 Metronome Apr. 54/3 Cab scats through this pair in his best Harlem manner.
1941 Daily News (Chicago) 11 June 24/1 Johnny..didn't know the words to the second verse. Instead he sang ‘sho-ho-ho’, and discovered he liked it that way. Since his audience liked it too, he.. has been ‘scatting’ ever since.
1975 New Yorker 26 May 6/1 He and Buddy Rich..launch a series of fusillading four-bar breaks, in which..Torme scats in the Ella Fitzgerald mode.
b. transitive. To sing or improvise (a song) by replacing the words by meaningless syllables.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing without words
diddle1706
la-la1906
scat1946
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 104 Louis Armstrong riffed and scatted them.
1958 Gramophone Dec. 331/2 Only a couple of songs are scatted.
1973 Black World Aug. 58/1 Could scat all Prez's solos note for note in the right key.
Derivatives
ˈscatting n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > jazz singing
scat1929
scat-singing1929
scatting1946
vocalese1955
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 119 The first time Old Gatemouth ever put his scatting on wax.
1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xx. 252 In 1946 she coined the whole new scatting vocabulary.
1973 S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry 57 The most interesting technical feature of the poem, however, is the singing and scatting of two songs connected with Coltrane.
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scatadv.
/skat/, U.S. /skæt/ dialect.
to go scat: to fall down; to break in pieces; to become bankrupt.
ΚΠ
1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell xxix. 10 I've trad upon a patch, I'm veared a shall go scat.
1887 ‘Q’ Dead Man's Rock 7 Finally my father's bank broke—or, as we say in the West ‘went scat’.
1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks xxxiii Little Ruth wiped up the mess made by the broken eggs. Poor Ruth was sore distressed at their ‘going scatt’ on the floor.
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scatint.
colloquial.
Begone! Hence used as verb (intransitive). Also in quicker than scat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)]
scud1602
go scrape!1611
to push off (also along)1740
to go it1797
to walk one's chalks1835
morris1838
scat1838
go 'long1859
to take a walk1881
shoot1897
skidoo1905
to beat it1906
to go to the dickens1910
to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912
scram1928
to piss offa1935
to bugger off1937
to fuck off1940
go and have a roll1941
eff1945
to feck off?1945
to get lost1947
to sod off1950
bug1956
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
naff1959
frig1965
muck1974
to rack off1975
1838 ‘T. Titterwell’ Yankee Notions 52 Drive her away! 'scat her away!
1838 ‘T. Titterwell’ Yankee Notions 56 Stop, there! whisht! scat!
1860 J. S. Jones Green Mountain Boy i. iii. 13 I'll have the square discharge him quicker than s'cat.
1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls x. 173 ‘Scat!’ cried Stephen... And Ruth ‘scatted’.
1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus (1883) xxii. 110 W'en ole man Rabbit say ‘scoot’, dey scooted, en w'en ole Miss Rabbit say ‘scat’, dey scatted.
1896 J. F. B. Lillard Poker Stories ix. 210 We chucked him two watches and 380 dollars in cash quicker'n scat.
1902 A. D. McFaul Ike Glidden in Maine iii. 20 ‘Bet you twenty dollars I'll beat you back.’ I took him quicker'n scat.
1909 G. Stratton-Porter Girl of Limberlost xvii. 325 And quicker'an scat there was her ma a-whirling.
1917 D. F. Canfield Understood Betsy x. 229 Ann and I hitched up quicker'n scat.
1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xiv. 145 Shoo! Shoo! Scat! We've got a policeman coming.
1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xviii. 147 Get the hell out of it!.. I told you kids to scat.
1977 H. Greene FSO-1 xvii. 152 Set the breakfast table out here in the drawing room. And then, scat!
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