scumbern.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
The dung of a dog or fox. Hence in dialect, filth, dirt.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > excrement of
dog turd?1550
scumbering1611
scumber1655
dog mess1927
dog pile1950
doggy do1971
dog poop1972
dog do1976
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > excrement of
waginga1425
scumbering1611
scumber1655
billeting1706
1655 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ (1656) 4 For here [i.e. at Epsom] old Ops her upper face Is..safroniz'd with mortall scumber.
1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Scumber, (a Term in Hunting) the dung of a Fox.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 133/2 Terms..proper for the Ordure..of several Beasts... An Hound,..and all sorts of the Dog kind, its called, Skommer, or Skomber.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 69 Skummer, a foulness made with a dirty liquid, or with soft dirt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
scumberv.
Obsolete exc. dialect.figurative.1611 J. Davies in T. Coryate Crudities sig. i3 And for a Monument to after-commers Their Picture shall continue (though Time scummers Vpon th' Effigie).
1. intransitive. Of a dog or fox: To evacuate the fæces. Also jocularly of a person.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (intransitive)]
dritea1000
to do one's filthheadc1300
shit?c1335
to go to siegec1400
scumbera1425
cack1436
to do one's easementa1438
to ease nature, ease oneselfc1440
skite1449
to do of one's needingsc1475
fen1486
dung1508
spurge1530
to cover his feet1535
lask1540
stool1540
to exonerate nature1542
file1564
fiant1575
cucka1605
wray1620
exonerate1631
excrement1632
to do one's ease1645
sir-reverence1665
excrementizec1670
nest1679
poop1689
move1699
defecate1837
crap1874
mire1918
to make a mess1928
mess1937
to go poo-poo (also poo-poos)1960
potty1972
to do a whoopsie (or whoopsies)1973
pooh1975
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xx Also y will teche þe childe to leede þe houndes to scombre twyse on þe daye.
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 Bettir thow ganis to leid ane doig to skomer..than with thy maister pingill.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxiii. 176 Lette him carie them home vncoupled, that they may skoure at large and skommer.
a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 780 Leane limmer, steale gimmer! I sall skimmer in thy mouth.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Chien Tandis que le chien chie le loup s'en va: Prov. While the dog scummers the wolfe scuds away.
1656 Choyce Drollery 37 Beware of fire when you scumber.
2. transitive. To void (ordure); figurative to produce (something foul). Also dialect (see quot. 1825).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > something foul
scumber1596
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. V2 Where he and his Brother..scummerd out betwixt them an Epistle to the Readers against all Poets and Writers.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. lii For four or five Days I hardly scumber'd one poor butt of Sir-reverence.
1819 J. Keats Let. to Haydon 3 Oct. I have not seen the portentous Book which was skummer'd at you just as I left town.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 69 To Skummer, to foul with a dirty liquid, or to daub with soft dirt.
Derivatives
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > excrement of
dog turd?1550
scumbering1611
scumber1655
dog mess1927
dog pile1950
doggy do1971
dog poop1972
dog do1976
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > excrement of
waginga1425
scumbering1611
scumber1655
billeting1706
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Schinchimurra,..a skummering of a dog.
1817 J. Mayer Sportsman's Direct. (ed. 2) 203 You may know if it is a good scenting day, by the smoke and strong scent of their scummerings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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