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scattern.

Brit. /ˈskatə/, U.S. /ˈskædər/
Etymology: < scatter v.
1.
a. The action or an act of scattering; wide or irregular distribution; dispersion. Now chiefly with reference to shot.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun]
spreadinga1250
skeltingc1540
diffusion1585
prosemination1611
scatter1642
dissemination1646
radiation1658
dispersion1664
spread1757
distribution1860
dispersal1863
scatteration1892
spreadation1925
1642 J. Weall Preparative for Fast 4 We are exposed aswell to Forraigne and intestine mischiefes. This divide and scatter, if it be not prevented, will be no small curse.
1650 T. Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica Advt. to Rdr. 68 Let Them [sc. the Galenists] not mangle, and discompose my Book with a scatter of Observations, but proceed Methodically to the Censure of each part.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 14 Dec. 5/1 Had there been no deflection from the hard skull the shot..would have been smaller in scatter than it is.
b. transferred in Linguistics.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > specific features of linguistic analysis
structuring1890
over-differentiation1921
hypostasis1933
contextualization1934
scatter1934
opposition1936
minimality1953
mapping1955
biuniqueness1959
linearity1959
n-gram1963
meta-condition1972
optionality1972
1934 J. R. Firth Papers in Ling. 1934–51 (1957) ii. 4 All the common phonetic contexts of each phoneme should be stated, and the contextual spread or ‘scatter’ of the phonemes compared. This knowledge of the contextual scatter of a phoneme will be found of the greatest importance for the statement of our future sound laws.
1935 J. R. Firth in Trans. Philol. Soc. 45 The frequency of reference to sex had necessarily extended what I term the formal scatter of the word, and we now have sexed, sexless, sexy, sexiness, even sexology.
1963 J. Lyons Struct. Semantics vii. 178 One point that seemed to be of relevance in the inquiry was the defective formal ‘scatter’ of the lexeme εἰδέναι.
2. A quantity loosely distributed or interspersed; a scattering, sprinkling; also spec. in Archaeology.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > that which is scattered > a quantity scattered
scatter1859
sputter1886
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > that which is sprinkled
sprinkle1575
sprinkling1602
powdering1626
strinkling1660
spray1750
scatter1954
1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 158 Its sole displays quartzose sand, with scatters of granite.
1888 Daily News 17 May 5/8 The bodice, too, had a scatter of diamonds and pearls.
1943 V. Sackville-West Eagle & Dove iii. 17 A sick woman with a scatter of high-spirited children to control would welcome any method of keeping them quiet.
1954 J. B. Mitchell Hist. Geogr. iii. 73 A scatter of Scandinavian settlers in a district primarily English.
1959 Listener 12 Mar. 449/2 The ascendancy of the U.S.A., along with that of the U.S.S.R., has relegated the scatter of European nations to subsidiary status.
1974 C. Taylor Fieldwork in Medieval Archaeol. ii. 27 Much of it [sc. the information] will probably be vague, such as notes of pottery scatters, low banks, water-filled ditches and possible old quarries.
1977 Christian 4 109 The human race is not a scatter of individuals.
3. Statistics. The degree to which repeated measurements or observations of a quantity differ; that which is measured by the variance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > distribution > variability or spread
spread1896
scatter1921
1921 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (1922) xii. 273 Usually there is some ‘scatter’ in the child's successes.
1923 Proc. Royal Soc. 1922–3 A. 102 357 The question arises as to how much of the ‘scatter’ of the Gaussian curve is due to error of observation, inexperience in making the readings, accidental variations, etc., and how much is due to a real difference in the physiological equipment of the observer.
1934 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 24 344 The i.q.'s of the boys showed a wider scatter than those of the girls.
1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors vii. 70 A commonly used measure of the dispersion or scatter of a number of observed values about the central values is the standard deviation.
1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 246/2 Most observations are subject to considerable scatter, especially where mammalian systems are used, and statistical procedures of varying complexity are called for.
4.
a. The scattering of light or other radiation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > [noun] > scattering
scattering1866
Rayleigh scattering1925
Thomson scattering1935
scatter1942
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 145 Preventing the ‘light scatter’ which comes from scratched Perspex or slightly dirty windscreens.
1962 H. C. Weston Sight, Light & Work (ed. 2) vi. 206 It is better that the increased illumination required by older eyes should be provided by ‘warmer’ illuminants so that ‘hazing’ due to scatter within the eyes is minimised.
b. spec. with reference to radio waves, frequently denoting the use of scattering within the atmosphere to extend the range of radio communication. Frequently attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio wave > scattering of
forward scattering1950
scatter1950
tropospheric scatter1955
tropo1957
troposcatter1957
1950 Proc. IRE 38 412/2 For two-directional antennas of beam width Θ facing one another, the greatest angle of scatter that need be considered is Θ.
1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 155 It was announced that a revolutionary new system of communications, known as ‘scatter’, which was not susceptible to jamming,..would be introduced.
1958 Times 30 Apr. 6/6 A range of tropospheric scatter transmitting and receiving equipment.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIII. 439/1 Radio relay systems are usually more suitable than the scatter systems for overland use where intermediate radio relay stations can be constructed.
1977 Lancs. Life Nov. 83/2 On the radar screen shown here, Manchester is permanently blacked-out because of ‘scatter’ from buildings and nearby high ground, to avoid masking approaching precipitation.

Compounds

scatter diagram n. = scatter plot n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > graph
probability curve1863
Pearson1908
scatter diagram1925
scattergraph1935
correlogram1938
scattergram1938
scatter plot1971
1925 F. C. Mills Statist. Methods x. 366 The equation to a straight line, fitted by the method of least squares to the points on the scatter diagram, will express mathematically the average relationship between these two variables.
1937 G. U. Yule & M. C. Kendall Introd. Theory Statistics (ed. 11) xiv. 275 The scatter diagram in two dimensions may be generalised to three dimensions, and may also be used as a mental construct for higher dimensions, though no actual model can of course be made.
1960 K. Patau in Amer. Jrnl. Human Genetics XII. 255 A chromosome characterized by two quantities is best represented by a point in a two-dimensional co-ordinate system. The choice of these quantities—total length and arm index or two arm lengths, is in principle irrelevant... Let the percent length, l, of the longer arm serve as abscissa and the percent length, s, of the shorter arm as ordinate. The scatter diagram obtained by plotting in this manner all chromosomes of the given complement will henceforth be referred to as a ‘karyogram’.
1971 Nature 9 Apr. 390/2 Scatter diagrams were drawn to show mean concentrations of albumin, γ-globulin, fibrinogen and cholesterol against age.
scatter plot n. Statistics a diagram having two variates plotted along its two axes and in which points are placed to show the values of these variates for each of a number of subjects, so that the form of the association between the variates can be seen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > graph
probability curve1863
Pearson1908
scatter diagram1925
scattergraph1935
correlogram1938
scattergram1938
scatter plot1971
1971 Jrnl. General Psychol. 85 266 Inspection of the scatter plot..indicates that any index of relationship would be misleading.
1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 122 45 Guilford's triangular scatterplot conceptualization of intelligence-creativity relationship seemed most congruent with the present..data.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scatterv.

Brit. /ˈskatə/, U.S. /ˈskædər/
Forms: Middle English scatere, Middle English–1500s scater, skater, Middle English schatre, scatir(e, Middle English scatre, Middle English skatre, ( schatir), 1500s scattre, skattir, sketer, 1600s skatter, 1500s– scatter.
Etymology: Early Middle English (12th cent., Midland); of obscure origin; formed with iterative suffix (see -er suffix5).This and shatter v. (which appears much later) are commonly regarded as respectively northern and southern representatives of an Old English *sc(e)aterian , which is referred to a supposed Germanic root *skat- cognate with Greek σκεδ-αννύναι to scatter. The etymological identity of the two verbs seems, however, doubtful, although they have some affinity of sense. It is true that in Middle English scatter occurs only in northern and midland texts, with one exception (quot. c1330 at sense 3a); and that in this sole southern instance the manuscript spells it with sch , which should normally stand for /ʃ/. But initial /sk/ from Old English sc in a native word would be no less abnormal in northern and midland than in southern English. The alleged cognates in Dutch and Low German are questionable. Two instances are cited of Middle Dutch schaderen , with the senses ‘to squander (money)’, ‘to shed (blood)’; but this does not agree in form. The sense ‘to scatter’ assigned to early modern Dutch schetteren , rests on the authority of Kilian, whose citation of the English word renders his testimony suspicious. The Dutch and Middle Low German schateren to resound, to laugh uproariously (Middle Low German once, to be shattered by an explosion) would seem to be onomatopoeic; at least their sense cannot easily be derived from that assigned to the alleged Germanic root. Compare scat v.2 and squatter v.
1. transitive. To dissipate, squander (goods or possessions). Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]
forspendc893
scatter1154
dispend1303
waste1340
misspendc1390
miswastec1400
consumec1425
waste1474
profund1527
lasha1535
prodige1538
lavish1542
to play away1562
riot1566
embezzle1578
dilapidate1590
squander1593
confound1598
to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600
prodigalize1611
profuse1611
squander1611
paddle1616
bezzle1617
to run out of ——1622
to piss away1628
prodigal1628
decoct1629
to bangle (away)1632
debauch1632
deboise1632
to fribble away1633
to fool out1635
to run outa1640
to fiddle away1667
slattera1681
dissipate1682
to play off1693
duck-and-drake1700
liquidate1702
sparkle away1703
waster1821
befool1861
to frivol away1866
to play (at) duck and drake with1872
to fling away1873
mislive1887
slather1904
mucker1928
profligate1938
peter1956
spaff2002
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste
spilla1000
scatter1154
aspilla1250
rospa1325
waste1340
spend1390
consumec1425
waste1474
miswenda1500
forsumea1510
to cast away1530
to throw away1561
embezzle1578
squander1593
palter1595
profuse1611
squander1611
ravel1614
sport1622
to fool away1628
to stream out1628
to fribble away1633
sweal1655
frisk1665
to fiddle away1667
wantonize1673
slattera1681
swattle1681
drivel1686
swatter1690
to muddle away1707
squander1717
sot1746
slattern1747
meisle1808
fritter1820
waster1821
slobber1837
to cut to waste1863
fringe1863
potter1883
putter1911
profligate1938
to piddle away1942
haemorrhage1978
spaff2002
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1137 He hadde get his tresor ac he to deld it & scatered sotlice.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 78 For ȝif þes ordres geten nevere so myche good, þei seien þat al is þer ordris, and it were a deedli synne to scatire þes goodis in þe world.
c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 94 They would..neuer be so mad, gredily to gather together that other men shal merely sone after scatter abrode.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xvii. 31 I leave the rest of all my goods to my first-born Edward, to be consum'd or scatter'd (for I never hoped better).
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 326 And was it not worth the..seeing his substance scattered, his children struck dead, [etc.].
absolute.1879 G. Campbell White & Black in U.S. 243 Mr. J—— says the Germans are the only men who are saving; all the rest scatter.
2.
a. To separate and drive in various directions (a body of people or animals, a collection of things); to disperse, dissipate (a quantity of matter); to dispel (clouds, mists).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)] > drive away in all directions
scattera1300
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions
to-driveOE
to-dreveOE
to-skairc1175
scattera1300
skaila1300
disparplea1325
sheda1325
discatterc1330
to-scattera1382
sparple1382
to-rusha1387
to-sparplea1387
deperpeyla1400
rat1402
sever1412
to-ratc1440
disparklec1449
scarkle1450
sparklea1470
disperse1503
shudderc1540
sparse1549
dissipate?c1550
to wap sindry1563
squander1622
rout1641
to feeze about1689
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (transitive)] > make clear > dispel (clouds or mist)
scatter1596
a1300 E.E. Psalter xvii. 16 [xviii. 14] And he sent his arwes, and skatered þa.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvi. 31 I shal smyte the sheperde, and the sheep of the floc shulen be scatered.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Duck downe theire fleete wyth a tempest, Or ships wyde scatter.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 453 Lyk a certane sone, new risen to skail and skattir the Cloudis of al tumulte.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 442 Buckinghams armie is disperst and scattered . View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 33 Dangerous rocks, which touching but my gentle vessels side would scatter all her spices on the streame. View more context for this quotation
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden xxiii. 49 The Leaves of wild Clary..put into Pottage..scatter congealed blood.
1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 426 Some spumy, fiery, ignisfatuus matter, Such as the slightest breath of air might scatter.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 30 A breeze..keen and hostile, scattering the snow.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 117 The terrible name of Odo scattered them in all directions.
1879 M. E. Braddon Cloven Foot xxviii ‘What has become of all the photographs?’.. ‘Given to Tom, Dick and Harry—scattered to the four winds. I have not kept one of them.’
absolute.1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 283 It is the nature of this enemy of mankind [sc. the Devil] to scatter, to disioyne and separat.figurative.1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 45 So doth God scatter the counsells of his enemies. [Cf. Vulg. Ps. xxxii[i]. 10 Dominus dissipet consilia gentium.]a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 390 So that Heaven May scatter thy delusions.1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. iii. 430 No one did more to scatter the ancient superstitions than did Cicero.
b. intransitive for reflexive. To separate and disperse; to go dispersedly or stragglingly. †Also of a hawk: To go to a distance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)]
scatterc1430
shedc1485
sprattlea1500
spirtle1725
squander1823
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > be driven in all directions
to-flyc1000
to-drevea1225
sparplec1330
to-shedc1330
skaila1400
disparplec1400
scatterc1430
sparklec1440
shedc1485
disrout1525
disparkle1553
shattera1620
disperse1665
squander1823
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > actions of hawk, etc.
mutea1475
mutessa1475
to put overa1475
feat1508
to check at the fista1529
feakc1575
souse1589
to clip it1616
embowel1618
unenterpen1647
gather1674
enterpen1736
scatter1771
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 158 And kepe we vs to-gedre trew That we skater not a-sondre.
1486 Bk. St. Albans b iij b When thay [a Couy of partrichys] be putt upp, and begynne to scatre, ye most haue markeris to marke some of thaym.
?c1600 (c1515) Sc. Field (Lyme) 353 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 245 When the Scottes and the ketericks seen our men sketer, They..came downwarde.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. iv. 47 The Fillet is shaped long and narrow for the more commodious vse of women in..restraining of their haire from scattering about theire browes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 126 The Commons like an angry Hiue of Bees That want their Leader, scatter vp and downe. View more context for this quotation
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §138 Sound diffuseth it selfe in round..; But if the Sound, which would scatter in Open Aire, be made to goe all into a Canale; It must needs giue greater force to the Sound.
1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 541/2 She [the falcon] must also have two good bells, that she may be found when she scattereth.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 309 Aright, aleft, The affrighted foemen scatter from his spear.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 74 The stems generally decline and scatter from each other, instead of being upright and close together.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xix. 137 When on my foes a sudden terror came, And they fled, scattering.
1909 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 230/2 The fugitives scattered for miles, bearing appalling tales of massacre.
c. reflexive. Now rare or Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (reflexive)]
scatter1535
shed1589
dispersea1616
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)] > go away in all directions
shedc1400
scatter1535
sever1591
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xv. B The Philistynes came, and scatered them selues beneth in ye valley of Rephaim [thē (them) in text].
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 128/2 They be enimies to the Churche, and scatter themselues farre from vs.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. ii. 175 in Wks. II Shu. He'll let you ha' your liberty— Alm. Goe forth, Whither you please, and to what company— Mad. Scatter your selfe amongst vs.
d. transitive. To separate, drive apart (one or more individuals from the main body). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body
skillc1175
to tell outc1325
shillc1440
sequestrate1513
sorta1535
shoal1571
segregate1579
dismember1580
single1582
scatter1588
disgregate1593
recond1608
sepone1619
sequester1625
canton1653
to cantonize outa1670
portion1777
to set off1795
to comb out1854
distinguish1866
split1924
hive off1931
section1960
separate1962
1588 Earl of Leicester in State Papers Defeat Spanish Armada (1894) II. 35 Two of the greatest carracks that the King of Spain had in his fleet, being scattered from the rest.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 234 Their ships with the violence of the Wind were much shattered, and the Bonaventure, scattered from the other two ships.
e. figurative. To dissipate, distract (the mind, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)]
fortogglea1300
to call away1529
scatter1530
forhale1579
to draw away1586
diffuse?1587
to call off1606
divert1609
to put out1616
avoke1623
disjoint1628
to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631
to draw off1646
divertise1648
to take off1670
dissipate1684
to turn off1741
to throw out1821
to turn away1848
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 122 A warnynge to take hede, that yf the mynde were eny thynge scatered before, then to gather yt ageyne to gyther.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. ii. 131 in Wks. II Look, look, how all their eyes Dance i' their heads (obserue) scatter'd with lust!
1715 tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Exercise iii. xv. 138 If thou art hereby scattered in thy Mind.
3.
a. transitive. To throw about in disorder in various places.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > disarrange [verb (transitive)] > throw about in disorder
scatterc1330
rummage1591
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter (things) about in disorder
scatterc1330
sparplea1350
tedc1560
straggle1589
squatter1611
disparple1613
flurr1661
litter1734
c1330 Arth. & Merl. (Kölbing) 553 Ac þo þai come þider eft, Her werk was al vp aleft & yschatred here & þere.
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 361 The pot to~breketh..And somme [of the metals] are scatered al the floor aboute.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 142 The fragments of rock scattered about were..polar.
b. To throw down (a thing) negligently; to drop. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > throw down > negligently or untidily
scattera1640
dab1772
a1640 Wizard (MS.) It is directed to you; some love-letter, on my life, that Luce hath scattered.
4.
a. To distribute to various positions; to place here and there at irregular intervals. Chiefly in past participle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter here and there at intervals
disparplea1325
scatterc1380
sprinkle?1518
sparse1608
resperse1649
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 445 Mykel more if newe religious be skaterud in Cristendome.
1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. 8, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II These are ye messengers of Antichrist, scattrid thoroweout the whole worlde.
1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 11 William the Conqueror proceeded much further; bringing over with him vast numbers of that Nation; scattering them in every Monastery.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. x. 326 Many tributes to his memory are scattered over his friend's other works.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 130 So long as works of art are scattered through the nation, no universal destruction of them is possible.
1882 P. G. Tait in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 583/1 If stars be scattered through infinite space, with average closeness.
b. intransitive in present participle used with a verb of rest (= ‘scattered’). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > be scattered at intervals
scatter1555
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 6 From Adam to the floud..when men liued skateryng on the earthe.
1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War ii. 107 He answered, there were several Families, but they liv'd scattering.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 66/2 Laying all the..earth into the furrow again inward, so that none might lie scattering outward.
c. transitive. Baseball. Of a pitcher: to yield (hits) only at intervals and so restrict scoring.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of pitcher
pitch1848
curve1877
to put over1891
scatter1892
save1899
to put across1903
walk1905
fan1909
plunk1909
southpaw1911
whiff1914
sidearm1921
sidearm1922
outpitch1928
blow1938
hang1967
wild pitch1970
1892 Chicago Herald 25 May 6/1 Young kept the hits well scattered.
1954 Post-Herald (Birmingham, Alabama) 7 June 7/2 Winning pitcher was Dave Benedict, who relieved in the first inning and scattered four hits the rest of the way.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 27 June 2- f/4 Joaquin Andujar scattered 10 hits Saturday to pace the Houston Astros to a 3–0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
5.
a. To throw or send forth so that the particles are distributed or spread about; to sow or throw (seed, money, etc.) broadcast; to sprinkle, strew; to diffuse (fragrance).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
skairc1175
skaila1400
disparklec1449
scatter?c1450
spartlec1475
sprattlea1500
distribute?c1510
disperge1530
shudderc1540
crumble1547
pour1574
sperse1580
disject1581
spatter1582
distract1589
sparflec1600
esparse1625
fan1639
disperse1654
sparge1786
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter broadcast
shedc1000
sprengeOE
discatterc1330
shatterc1330
sowa1387
spilla1400
shadec1425
sparklec1440
scatter?c1450
distribute?c1510
sparse?1550
to cast seed1577
bescatter1859
to sow, scatter, throw, etc. broadcast1874
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4682 Molle on þair heueds þai scaterd.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 699/1 I scatter small thynges abrode, as peasyn, or beanes.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlvii. 16 He..scatereth ye horefrost like ashes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 22 As it [sc. the Nile] ebbes, the Seedsman Vpon the slime and Ooze scatters his graine. View more context for this quotation
1644 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 54 Some of our men by the King's command scattered some papers, that if any would come in..they should be pardoned.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 107 The Governor..bestows his Largess..liberally scattering Rupees.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Ginevra in Posthumous Poems (1824) 233 The matin winds from the expanded flowers, Scatter their hoarded incense.
1861 J. M. Campbell in Bere Garland of Songs 61 We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land.
absolute.a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 194 Scatter with a free, tho' frugal hand.
b. transferred and figurative. Also, †to spread (reports, a prophecy).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 118 O ioyfull report, and most acceptable rumour, which was scatered abroade.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 54 His plausiue words He scatter'd not in eares, but grafted them To grow there and to beare. View more context for this quotation
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Angl. (1671) ii. 251 The Lady Davies..scatters a Prophesie against him.
a1771 T. Gray in T. J. Mathias Observ. Writings & Character Mr. Gray (1815) 47 The song-thrush there Scatters his loose notes.
1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish iv. 74 A hand-grenade, that scatters destruction around it.
c. intransitive for reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > be scattered in particles
flitter1548
scatter1577
shatter1577
pepper1857
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 35 When it [sc. Chyche] is rype it must be geathered.., for it scattereth very soone.
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 233 The Bishop should separate the scabbed sheep from the sound, least their infection scatter.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 99 The small Shot..scattered among them.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xlvi. 151 A wood Whose bloom-inwoven leaves now scattering fed The hungry storm.
d. Of a gun, a cartridge: To distribute (the shot). Chiefly absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire
fire1542
discharge1565
shoota1575
go1598
to let fly1611
scatter1736
poop1915
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > of gun: project (shot or missile)
convey1634
scatter1881
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. ii. 243 You must also be well acquainted with the Condition of the Gun, whether it be apt to scatter, or carry the Shot round within Compass.
1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. i. 9 The gun scatters well.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 439 Cartridge loaded to scatter the shot.
e. Physics. Of a surface, semi-opaque substance: To throw back (light) brokenly in all directions. More widely, to deflect, diffuse, or reflect (radiation, particles, or the like) in a more or less random fashion. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > refract [verb (transitive)] > scatter
disperse1654
scatter1833
the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > scatter component tones [verb (transitive)]
scatter1878
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > action of dispersing particles > disperse particles [verb (transitive)]
scatter1911
the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > reflect [verb (transitive)] > scatter
scatter1911
the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > emit, transmit [verb (transitive)]
propagate1656
transmit1833
scatter1955
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astron. §45 (1839) 32 The sun..illuminates the atmosphere and clouds, and these again disperse and scatter a portion of its light in all directions.
1878 Ld. Rayleigh Theory of Sound II. xv. 139 If the primary sound be a compound musical note, the various component tones are scattered in unlike proportions.
1882 P. G. Tait in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 583/2 In order that a surface may be illuminated..it must be capable of scattering light.
1891 Hurter & Driffield in W. B. Ferguson Photogr. Res. F. Hurter & V. C. Driffield (1920) 146 Captain Abney has discovered that negatives ‘scatter’ so much light that our instrument cannot possibly measure all the light which a negative transmits.
1911 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 21 675 In these calculations, it is assumed that the α particles scattered through a large angle suffer only one large deflexion.
1938 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity (ed. 2) vii. 75 Hydrogen nuclei alone behave differently, for they scatter [neutrons] very much more strongly than would be expected from the magnitude of the cross-section of hydrogen nuclei.
1955 T. F. Hueter & R. H. Bolt Sonics vi. 232 This limits the sound pressure that can be transmitted beyond the point where cavitation first occurs since the bubbles present will scatter and dissipate a part of the sound energy.
1955 C. G. Darwin in W. Pauli Niels Bohr & Devel. Physics 6 There were a few α-particles scattered through such broad angles, even right backwards, that no conceivable compound effect could possibly explain them.
1959 Listener 18 June 1057/1 The distortions introduced by scattering a signal from such a surface might not be too serious.
1971 Sci. Amer. June 61/2 Since the neutron and the proton respond to the electromagnetic force, they scatter electrons aimed at them.
f. intransitive. Physics. Of radiation, particles, etc.: to undergo scattering.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > refraction > undergo scattering [verb (intransitive)]
scatter1971
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > action of dispersing particles > undergo scattering [verb (intransitive)]
scatter1971
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > particle participating in strong interaction > baryon > undergo scattering [verb (intransitive)]
scatter1971
1971 Nature 16 July 167/2 The double reflexion mechanism gives way to multiple reflexions, that is, a ray is trapped in surface cavities before scattering out, randomizing the polarization.
1975 Nature 25 Sept. 275/1 The majority of the energy is carried by phonons which inelastically scatter at the interface.
1980 Sci. Amer. July 57/1 Inside it an entering gamma-ray photon typically scatters off several electrons in succession.
6. transitive. To sprinkle or strew with something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter (a surface) with something
sticka1350
setc1386
ficche1413
sprinkle?1518
scatter1590
sow1611
spatter1647
shower1798
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K2 A narrow way, Scattred with bushy thornes, and ragged breares.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 653 Now scatterd lies With Carcasses and Arms th' ensanguind Field Deserted. View more context for this quotation
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 113 The Ground was scattered with Elephants Teeth.
1902 E. Phillpotts River i Where the desert spread, all scattered with great stones.

Compounds

C1.
scatteraway n. rare dispersion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions
sparpling1434
dispersionc1450
skailing?c1450
sparklingc1460
disparplinga1513
dissipation1545
dispersing1604
segregationa1616
scatteration1776
disjectiona1806
dispersal1821
scatteraway1851
spreadeagling1869
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 325 So complete was the scatteraway, that one of the brethren never stopped till he reached Saint-Gâll.
scatter bomb n. a bomb that scatters its material over a wide area; also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > fragmentation
fragmentation bomb1918
grass cutter1925
parafrag bomb1944
scatter bomb1961
lazy dog1965
cluster bomb1967
pellet bomb1967
mother-bomb1971
nail bomb1971
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scatter bomb.
1973 J. Quick Dict. Weapons 386/1 Fragmentation bombs or fragmentation clusters, as well as certain incendiary bombs equipped with bursters, are scatter bombs.
1977 Rolling Stone 16 June 43/2 Okay, Scorsese is a violent scatter-bomb.
1977 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 5/5 West Germany's new scatter bomb..comprises more than 1,000 mini-bombs which can be fired in different patterns by rockets triggered from the cockpit.
scatter bombing n. bombing carried out haphazardly over an area.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > manner of
area bombardment1918
straddling1919
pattern-bombing1933
terror-bombing1933
dive-bombing1935
firebombing1935
blind-bombing1940
blitzing1940
coventrating1940
nuisance bombing1940
scatter bombing1940
coventration1942
carpet bombing1943
obliteration bombing1943
skip-bombing1943
shuttle bombing1944
atom bombing1945
atomic bombing1945
clobbering1948
loft-bombing1956
1940 Aeroplane 13 Sept. 314/1 The scatter-bombing..must at times have sorely tried pilots who had seen the effects of it.
scatter-charge n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge > scatter charge
scatter-charge1881
spread charge1892
scatter load1901
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 439 The scatter-charge has good penetration at 30 and 40 yards.
scatter load n. a charge for a gun, made to distribute the shot when fired.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge > scatter charge
scatter-charge1881
spread charge1892
scatter load1901
1901 W. W. Greener Gun (ed. 8) Index Scatter loads.
scattershot n. originally and chiefly North American the shot contained in a scatter-charge; also used figuratively (chiefly attributively) to designate something of a random, haphazard, or indiscriminate character (cf. scattergun n. 2).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective]
blinda1400
unchoosinga1586
undiscerning1589
unrespective1609
irrespecting1625
promiscuous1633
incurious1645
indistinct1650
irrespective1650
uncritical1659
indiscerning1664
undistinguishing1665
undistinguishable1702
unrefining1735
indiscriminating1754
undiscriminating1776
indiscriminate1792
unfastidious1816
rough1819
lumping1827
indistinguishing1828
unparticularizing1828
farraginous1837
imperceiverant1844
scattergun1845
undistinctive1851
indiscriminative1854
unselecting1895
scattershot1961
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun] > one who or that which is indiscriminate
confounder1739
lumper1857
impurist1937
scattershot1961
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > small
pellet1372
die?c1390
hail-shot1485
die-shot1581
dice-shot1588
birdshot1626
key-shot1648
mould shot1675
cartridge-shot1690
small shot1727
drop1753
shot-cornc1792
dust-shot1800
sparrow-hail1859
steel1898
scattershot1961
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scattershot.
1965 Economist 19 June 1393/2 The President's..scatter-shot efforts to reduce the government's spending.
1967 Boston Globe 5 Apr. 51/2 Jack Nicklaus is more concerned over his scattershot driver than the threat of mumps.
1972 Publishers Weekly 10 July 42/2 Shirley Green brings more scattershot curiosity than serious learning to her ‘history’.
1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 27 Feb. 18- a/6 When demagogic politicians ride the land firing scatter shot, nobody..is safe unless he shares their prejudices.
1978 R. Stevens Law & Politics 505 The future of the judicial role in England..may lie far more with subtle use of judicial restraint than with scattershot judicial activism.
scatter-site adj. U.S. = scattered-site n. at scattered adj. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [adjective] > types of planning or development
mononucleated1930
strip-built1936
polynucleated1938
greenfield1940
scattered-site1956
inclusionary1971
scatter-site1972
1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 16/2 The scatter-site housing dispute in Forest Hills.
1977 New Yorker 27 June 85/2 Jimmy Carter's mention of his belief in ethnic purity..in response to a News reporter's question about scattter-site housing.
scatter-story n. Obsolete one who ‘spreads’ a report or story.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips > one who spreads rumours
ear-rounder?1387
tidings-makerc1440
runkera1500
rumourera1616
scatter-storya1670
gazette1703
quidnunc1709
anecdote-monger1761
what-now1890
yenta1923
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 734 Ælian, and some other such scatter-stories as himself, do make more reports of..unreasonable creatures, than of reasonable men.
scatter-tuft n. the genus Sporochnus, one of the algals ( Encycl. Dict., 1887).
scatter-wise adv. Obsolete in straggling order.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adverb] > with irregular arrangement
at, to (the) straggle1488
stragglingly1579
extravagantly1623
disordinately1830
scatter-wise1875
dislocatedly1883
sprawlingly1921
1875 G. W. Dasent Vikings III. xviii. 278 They sail very scatter-wise in coming back, if, indeed, these few ships be part of the host.
C2. attributive passing into adj. Designating one of a number (intended to be) scattered decoratively here and there, as scatter cushion, scatter pin, scatter rug, etc. Originally U.S.
ΚΠ
1933 ‘E. Queen’ Siamese Twin Myst. i. ii. 30 A living~room..dotted with armchairs and small scatter-rugs.
1946 Negro Digest Aug. 51/1 Its large living room has a vaulted ceiling and arched beams, and the floor is covered with deer skins and scatter rugs.
1957 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 4 May 123/1 Three domestic Oriental scatter rugs, extremely worn, were on the floor.
1960 Woman 5 Mar. 19/1 Scatter cushions have become a favourite furnishing accessory.
1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello 13 She stopped first at the jewelry counter where she sneered at some scatter pins.
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 ii. 36 Bracelets then, scatterpins, earrings, a pendant.
1974 J. Irving 158-Pound Marriage 104 The bed..had pitched the mattress and us across the scatter rug.
1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy xviii. 185 There [were]..scatter-cushions on the floor.
1980 P. Harcourt Tomorrow's Treason i. i. 31 The floor was..wood with a couple of bright scatter mats.
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