scuttlen.¹

/ˈskʌt(ə)l/

Forms: Old English, Middle English scutel, Middle English scutell, Middle English scutelle ( scutylle, scwtylle, scotel(l, scotill, scotylle, scotle, schewtell, scuttyl, skuttel, skuttyl), 1500s skottell, ( scutle) 1500s–1600s scuttell, 1500s–1800s skuttle, 1500s– scuttle.

Etymology: Old English scutel in sense 1, probably pronounced with /sk/, < Latin scutella dish, platter; the word appears in other Germanic languages: Old Norse skutill, Middle Dutch, Dutch schotel, Middle Low German schötel, Old High German scuz̧z̧ila (Middle High German, German schüssel). The development of sense 2 is somewhat strange, but there seems no reason to doubt the identity of the word.

†1. A dish, trencher, platter. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate

disha700

scuttlec1050

trencherc1308

plattera1325

paten?1340

esquele1371

skelec1400

plat1415

plate?c1450

skewel1567

trencher-plate1580

goggan1586

trench1602

table plate1669

mazarine1673

discus1680

wearing plate1683

silver plate1710

nappy1731

roundel1797

muffin1820

entrée dish1846

pinax1858

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 280/22 Catinus, scutel.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 770/21 Nomina pertinencia coquine... Hec scutella, a scotylle.

1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Scutella,..sax. Scutel, Scuttle, any thing of a flat and broad shape, like a Shield, especially a Plate or Dish, as [read a] shallow wooden Bowl or Platter is still call'd a Scuttle.

a. A basket for sifting or winnowing corn; hence, a large shovel to cast grain in winnowing, a casting-shovel. Now only dialect.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > corn shovel

scuttle1366

barn-shovel1446

1366–7 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. lxxij Et in pane equorum, cum ferrura..scutels sive pal', cribris [etc.].

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 726/7 Hoc ventilabrum, a scotylle.

1411–12 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 139 In j vanga, j shouill, j scotill, j boll empt., xd. ob.

1427–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 142 In ij scotill empt., 6d.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v [A] skuttle or skreine, to rid soile fro the corne.

1681 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) at Skepe A Skepe, or Scuttle; a flat and broad Basket, made to winnow corn withal.

1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) at Scutella In Kent the broader Shovel with which they turn Malt or Corn, is call'd the Skuttle.

1849 W. Raynbird & H. Raynbird On Agric. Suffolk vi. 299 Skuttle—the large casting-shovel used in barns, generally shod or rimmed at bottom with brass, for moving threshed corn, and particularly for casting it from side to side of a barn the whole length of a dressing floor, that light grains and dust may fall short.

b. A large open basket wide at the mouth and narrow at the bottom, usually of wickerwork, used for carrying corn, earth, vegetables, etc.

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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket

basketa1300

scuttle1404

skull?a1513

cassiea1688

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > large > wide at top, narrow at bottom

scuttle1404

1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 398 Item in orreo..1 berlepe novum, 2 scotlys, 4 wedhokys.

1415–16 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 225 Pro 2 scoteles virgeis pro cova.

c1440 Alphabet of Tales 184 And he..garte þaim..make skuttles & lepis of wandis evyn vnto evyn.

1541 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 81 Ther be bones of dede persones dygged up w^t conyes whiche would fylle a scutle.

1560 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 124 For a skottell to serue ye tyllar, iij d.

1570 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 318 In the Larder Howse, buttertubbes scuttles and other stuff.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iv. 467 The earth and stones..they are faine to carie from under their feet in scuttles and baskets, upon their shoulders.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. viii. 154 Alas, and what's a man? A scuttle full of dust.

1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 203 I have observed them to lay down scuttles or broad open wicker Basketts upon the ground.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 283 I had the mortification..to see all the tiles and a chimney shoot off from the house, as if shot out of a skuttle.

1814 T. Haynes Treat. Strawberry (ed. 2) 40 After which, afford a good dressing with..manure..; which will most easily be performed by taking it out of scuttles or wheelbarrows on each side the bed.

c. = coal scuttle n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > container in which to store coal

coal pot1681

coal box1701

coal scuttle1730

coal scoop1743

coal hod1781

hoda1825

coal skip1831

purdonium1847

scuttle1849

scoop1850

1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy vii. 46 Fourteen skuttles of coals.

1909 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 774/1 A brass scuttle stood by the fireplace.

3. The part of a motor vehicle which connects the bonnet with the body. Also attributive.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > part connecting bonnet to main body

scuttle1914

1914 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 206/1 The scuttle-dash protects his body and chest from the wind.

1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 967 The two-panel screen..is made to follow the curvature of the scuttle dash.

1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 973 The coachwork, which now tapers from bonnet to scuttle in an unbroken sweep.

1925 Morris Owner's Man. 71 Under the butterfly nut at the back of the bonnet hinge (on top of the scuttle).

1963 Times 4 June 7/7 Above 65–70 m.p.h..., road noise was high and there was some scuttle shake.

1970 Motoring Which? July 109/2 Front wing to scuttle seams cracking, driver's seat had cut through carpet.

1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing vii. 94 A hole appeared in the scuttle three inches forward of the windscreen.

1980 Daily Tel. 5 Mar. 12/6 Even on some of the worst French road surfaces there was hardly any sign of scuttle shake.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

scuttle-carrier n.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hotteur, a Basket-carrier, or Scuttle-carrier.

scuttle-maker n.

ΚΠ

1483 Cath. Angl. 327/1 A Scutelle (Scutylle A.) maker, scutellarius.

1610–11 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. [They] present..John Welbanck.., brewer, and Geo. Murrey.., scuttle maker..as vagrants and sturdy rogues.

C2.

scuttle-mouth n. (see quot. 1851).

ΚΠ

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 75/1 The very large shelly oysters..were introduced from the Sussex coast... The costermongers distinguished them by the name of ‘scuttle-mouths’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

scuttlen.²

/ˈskʌt(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English skottelle, 1600s scottel, scutle, 1600s–1700s skuttle, 1500s– scuttle.

Etymology: Of obscure origin; identical with French écoutille hatchway, in 16th cent. escoutille, = Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha; the sense ‘scuttle’ is expressed by the derivatives French écoutillon, Spanish escotillon, Portuguese escotilhão. The English word is commonly believed to be adopted from the French, and this from the Spanish; but the relation between the three, and the ultimate etymology, remain uncertain. According to a quotation given by Jal, the French word formerly meant the hatch or trapdoor covering the hatchway; if this was the original sense, the word might be a derivative of Dutch or Low German schutten to shut; compare English shuttle (of a dam).

a. Nautical. A square or rectangular hole or opening in a ship's deck smaller than a hatchway, furnished with a movable cover or lid, used as a means of communication between deck and deck; also a similar hole in the deck or side of a ship for purposes of lighting, ventilation, etc.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air

scuttle1497

scuttle-hole1684

deck-light1849

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 323 A chayne of yron for the skottelles of the haches.

c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 20 Wee have had in a watch in the night a fish flie into a little scuttle of a cabbin, noe bigger then the hande of a man.

1622 Recov. of the ‘Exchange’ fr. Pirates D 3 He had ropes, and iron hookes to make fast the scottels, gratings, and cabbines.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. A Scuttle is a square hole..cut through any Hatch or any part of the Deck to goe downe by..: also for vent for the Ordnance, there are small scuttles with grateings..: Also all the little windowes and holes which are cut-out aloft in the Captaines, or Masters cabbins, are called Scuttles.

1673 London Gaz. No. 754/1 Some hurt in his face, received when he was making a Sally out of the Scuttle, to drive the Dutch from the Deck.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 51 Two small skuttles to give light into the great cabbin.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 126 A room..lighted by a long scuttle, or skylight, in the deck above.

1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 223 Scuttles..are openings by which to obtain access to certain compartments when necessary,..scuttles in some cases are covered with cap and in others with flush covers. In the former they..are termed cap scuttles, and in the latter..flush scuttles.

1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 186 The second mate..was hanging over the open scuttle, absorbed in watching the game.

b. A hole cut or bored through any part of a ship, esp. for salving the cargo. Cf. scuttle v.² 2.

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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > salvaging operations > hole cut for

scuttle1780

1780 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 70 102 Several scuttles or holes in the ship's side were made..to facilitate the discharge of the..cargo.

c. The lid of a scuttle-hole or hatchway.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air > cover of

scuttle-hatch1627

scuttle1688

1688 J. Clayton Let. 12 May in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 784 We hoised out a Boat, and took one of the Scuttles that cover'd one of the Hatches of the Ship.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvii. 474 We..took up..a small Hatch, or Scuttle rather, belonging to some Bark.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Ecoutille qui s'emboȋte, a hatchway with a scuttle which covers its border.

1908 H. Paasch From Keel to Truck (ed. 4) 118 Scuttle,..the term is also given to the framing and the thick piece of glass (Bull's-eye) by which the aperture is closed.

2. An opening in the roof, floor, wall, etc. of a building closed with a shutter or lid; a trapdoor; also the shutter of such an opening. Now only U.S.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > trapdoor

trapc1374

trapdoorc1374

fall door1481

scuttle1707

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > door > doorway > hatchway

scuttle1737

trap-hatchway1799

hatchway1814

trap-hatch1820

trap-way1904

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 148 For the Hole in the Door, have a small Scuttle to shut down when you go in.

1737 [see scuttle hinge n. at Compounds].

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scuttle,..2. A square hole in the roof of a house, with a lid.

1877 J. G. Whittier Witch of Wenham ii. xvi She forced the oaken scuttle back; A whisper reached her ear: ‘Slide down the roof to me’ it said.

1902 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. III. 524 Occasionally smaller skylights are in the form of glazed scuttles arranged to be opened for access to the roof.

†3. (See quot. 1705) Cf. shuttle n.¹

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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice > for letting fish through

scuttle1705

1705 Act 4 & 5 Anne c. 8 [21] Owners.. of..Mills, upon any..rivers..shall constantly keep open One Scuttle or small Hatch of a Foot Square in the Waste Hatch or Water course..for the Salmon to pass and repass freely.

Compounds

scuttle-cask n. = scuttlebutt gossip n. (a) at scuttlebutt n. Compounds.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask > for drinking-water

scuttled cask1743

gang-caska1769

scuttle-cask1803

scuttlebutt1840

scuttled butt1840

1803 Naval Chron. 10 183 Water from the scuttle-cask on the quarter-deck.

scuttle-hatch n. a lid or covering of a scuttle.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air > cover of

scuttle-hatch1627

scuttle1688

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 A scuttle-hatch is a little hatch doth couer a little square hole we call the Scuttle.

scuttle hinge n. a hinge for a scuttle or trapdoor.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hinge > for gate or door > trapdoor

scuttle hinge1737

1737 E. Hoppus Salmon's Country Builder's Estimator (ed. 2) 107 Scuttle Hinges..are sold by the Dozen.

scuttle-hole n. = sense 1.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air

scuttle1497

scuttle-hole1684

deck-light1849

1684 I. Mather Ess. for Recording Illustrious Providences 5 The scuttle-hole of the quarter~deck.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 216 Scuttle-holes, to open and shut for the admission of air, are cut out along the ship's sides.

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† scuttlen.³

Forms: Also 1500s skutele.

Etymology: Of obscure origin; not easily to be connected with either scuttle n.¹ or scuttle n.²

Nautical. Obsolete.

A platform at the head of a lower mast; a ‘top’.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast

topc1420

scuttle1597

bowl1627

round top1661

crow's nest1818

hurricane-house1818

bird's nest1851

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. ii. 4 Their carefull watchfulnesse..ought to serue them for sails cables, ankers, masts and skutles, whereby to gouerne and direct the vessel.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hune, the scuttle of the mast of a ship.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 181 Let down this white wine of Anjou, from the scuttle [Fr. la Hune] of the mast of the ship.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 172 On the top of the main mast stood one of the Marriners, in the skuttle [L. in galea]..looking about him, if he could see any land.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 592 This mast..has at its extremity a scuttle like that of the masts of a ship.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

scuttlen.⁴

/ˈskʌt(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s scottell, scuttel(l, 1700s scutle, skuttle, 1600s– scuttle.

Etymology: Altered form of cuttle n.¹

= cuttle n.¹ Also scuttle fish.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of

cuttlec1000

seggec1300

polypus?1527

scuttle1530

sepia1569

cuttlefish1591

inkhorn fish1598

ozaena1601

sea-cat1601

sea-cut1601

sound1611

scribe1655

sea-qualm1804

sepiacean1842

sepioid1857

sea-sleeve1867

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268 Scottell a fysshe, seiche... Scuttell fysshe, saiche.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvi. 315 The scuttle fish, when he is in straights of being taken..casteth out a blackenesse that is within him.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 476. ¶4 Our Disputants put me in mind of the Skuttle Fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the Water about him, till he becomes invisible.

1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 10 The ‘Scuttle’, a large Octopus.

Compounds

scuttle-bone n. = cuttle-bone n.

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268 Scottell bone,..Scuttell bone, os de saiche.

1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 114 We began to see some Scutle-bones floating on the Water.

scuttle-shell n. = cuttle-bone n.

ΚΠ

1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 130 We..saw..abundance of Scuttle-shells swimming on the Sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scuttlen.⁵

/ˈskʌt(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1700s skuttle.

Etymology: < scuttle v.¹

The action or an act of scuttling.

a. A short hurried run.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > scurrying or scampering > an act of

scuttle1623

scamper1809

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iii. ii. sig. G3 Pluto the god of riches, When he's sent (by Iupiter)..goes limping,..but when he's sent One the diuells arrand, he rides poast, and comes in by scuttles.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 323. ¶7 From Twelve to One. Shut my self up in my Chamber, practised Lady Betty Modely's Skuttle.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Scuttle... 3. (From scud.) A quick pace; a short run; a pace of affected precipitation.

1967 O. Wynd Walk Softly iv. 49 I stopped a scuttle back to his den with yet another request.

b. Political slang. (See scuttle v.¹ 1b)Probably now with an admixture of scuttle v.² 1b.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > from occupation of a foreign country

scuttle1884

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Dec. 5/1 In other words, scuttle, if adopted as a ministerial policy, may lead to the evacuation of Downing-street, for the evacuation of Egypt is quite impossible for at least a year yet.

1892 C. Rhodes in Daily Tel. (1901) 12 Oct. 9/7 I was horrified..to read a speech of Mr. Gladstone's evidently foreshadowing a scuttle if he came in.

1906 Daily News 16 June 6/4 The word scuttle..in the Jingo Press, where the ‘policy of scuttle’ is used whenever we give up something to a small Power.

1954 Economist 7 Aug. 428 Mr. Attlee has always been particularly offended by Tory charges of ‘scuttle’ during his years in office.

1967 Daily Express 17 Feb. 2/2 The speed-up of the scuttle is inadvertently revealed in the Defence White Paper.

1969 Guardian 31 July 8/1 President Nixon has ruled out both a military solution and a ‘scuttle’.

2. In Manchester: A street faction-fight between bands of young people.

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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > street or gang-fight

bicker1861

scuttle1864

gang fight1889

rammy1935

rumble1946

1864 in G. Milner Odds & Ends (1875) I. 43 When the boys of one street take offence at boys of another street, they often fall to fighting in a body. This is called a ‘scuttle’.

Draft additions December 2005

scuttle fly n. a small fly of the family Phoridae, whose members are distinguished from fruit flies by their habit of running briefly before taking flight; cf. phorid n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun]

maggot fly1606

Diptera1813

scuttle fly1976

1976 R. H. L. Disney in Entomologist's Gaz. 27 91 (title) A further case of a nematoceran fly (Diptera: Sciaridae) parasitised by a species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae).

1997 New Scientist 22 Feb. 6/1 Scuttle flies hover above fire ants, waiting for a chance to dart down and lay an egg within the ant's head.

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scuttlev.¹

/ˈskʌt(ə)l/

Forms: Also (? Middle English scottle), 1600s scutle, 1700s skuttle.

Etymology: ? Altered form of scuddle v.²It is doubtful whether the 15th cent. scottle belongs to this word, the sense being somewhat obscure.

a. intransitive. To run with quick, hurried steps. Chiefly with away, off.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > scurry or scamper

scuttlea1450

scuddle1577

curry1608

scamper1691

brattle1725

scurry1810

chevya1825

skitter1845

skelter1852

hurry and scurry1857

skeeter1964

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily

fleec825

runOE

swervea1225

biwevec1275

skip1338

streekc1380

warpa1400

yerna1400

smoltc1400

stepc1460

to flee (one's) touch?1515

skirr1548

rubc1550

to make awaya1566

lope1575

scuddle1577

scoura1592

to take the start1600

to walk off1604

to break awaya1616

to make off1652

to fly off1667

scuttle1681

whew1684

scamper1687

whistle off1689

brush1699

to buy a brush1699

to take (its, etc.) wing1704

decamp1751

to take (a) French leave1751

morris1765

to rush off1794

to hop the twig1797

to run along1803

scoot1805

to take off1815

speela1818

to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

absquatulize1829

mosey1829

absquatulate1830

put1834

streak1834

vamoose1834

to put out1835

cut1836

stump it1841

scratch1843

scarper1846

to vamoose the ranch1847

hook1851

shoo1851

slide1859

to cut and run1861

get1861

skedaddle1862

bolt1864

cheese it1866

to do a bunkc1870

to wake snakes1872

bunk1877

nit1882

to pull one's freight1884

fooster1892

to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892

smoke1893

mooch1899

to fly the coop1901

skyhoot1901

shemozzle1902

to light a shuck1905

to beat it1906

pooter1907

to take a run-out powder1909

blow1912

to buzz off1914

to hop it1914

skate1915

beetle1919

scram1928

amscray1931

boogie1940

skidoo1949

bug1950

do a flit1952

to do a scarper1958

to hit, split or take the breeze1959

to do a runner1980

to be (also get, go) ghost1986

a1450 [implied in: Mankind in Macro Plays 4 Nought. Ȝys, Mary, I prey yow, for I loue not þis rewelynge [sc. of dancing]... Go to! for I haue hade a praty scottlynge. Mercy. Nay, brother, I wyll not daunce. (at scuttling n.¹)].

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe (1893) 21 Then she told him all that had happened; how she scutled up to Dorco; how [etc.].

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 4 So away he scuttled with as great joy as if he had found the Philosophers stone.

1739 H. Walpole Let. to R. West 20 July We scuttle up~stairs in great confusion.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scuttle off, to run away.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii. 244 With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about her house to wake the Baron.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxi. 74 Causing the conceited hares to scuttle away for the..hills.

1871 J. R. Green Let. 9 Jan. (1901) 278 The bit of ground..which everybody scuttles over by train.

1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man xiv In a moment the house was empty. It is not too much to say that the Duchess scuttled.

b. transferred in Political slang. To withdraw in a precipitate and undignified manner from the occupation or control of a country. Cf. scuttle n.⁵ 1b.Apparently first used in 1883 with reference to the suggested abandonment of England of its control in Egypt.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > from occupancy of a country

scuttle1883

1883 R. Churchill Speech 18 Dec. (1889) I. 79 Now—so says Mr. Gladstone at the Guildhall—we, the Liberal Government..are going to scuttle out of this pandemonium as soon as we can.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 July 1/2 Even if we were going to scuttle next year from Egypt.

c. transitive. To hurry off.

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1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos iv I scuttled him off to Nice in the car.

2. In Manchester: To take part in a ‘scuttle’ or street-fight. See scuttle n.⁵ 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > have a gang-fight

scuttle1890

rumble1946

1890 Daily News 14 Aug. 5/1 Five men, or rather lads, were in the dock [at the Manchester City Sessions] charged with ‘scuttling’... The prisoners, arming themselves with belts and clasp knives, made their way through the Manchester streets stunning or stabbing, without provocation, every one who came in their way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

scuttlev.²

/ˈskʌt(ə)l/

Etymology: < scuttle n.²

a. transitive. To cut or bore a hole or holes in the sides or bottom of (a vessel, boat, etc. for the purpose of sinking her). Hence, by extension: to sink (one's own vessel) deliberately; to submerge; to destroy or smash (a car, aeroplane, etc.). Also reflexive, of a vessel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > cause to sink > intentionally

scuttle1642

scupper1976

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > beyond repair (a car, etc.)

total1895

to write off1919

scuttle1941

cream1972

1642 in R. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1900) I. 300 He went..on board and scuttled and set fire to the ships.

1779 J. Ramsay Let. 23 Nov. in Parl. Papers 1910 (Cd. 5038) XXXV. 675 Captain Wilkinson is particularly celebrated for having said..he wished that all the English sugar islands were skuttled (sunk).

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 91 Orders had been given to scuttle each ship for sinking,..and they had all a large square plug ready to pull out when the signal..was given.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xli. 23 He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat.

1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. 106 The vessel..had been scuttled.

1939 Times 16 Dec. 7/3 The German steamer Adolf Leonhart (2,989 tons) was scuttled by her crew in the South Atlantic when she was intercepted by a British warship.

1939 Times 18 Dec. 8/1 The Admiral Graf Spee the German ‘pocket battleship’ which was cornered by British warships, scuttled herself outside Montevideo harbour last night.

1941 Collier's 20 Dec. 50/1 Bruce, in a heavy sedan, had come banging out of his driveway to a collision. No one was hurt, but the flivver was scuttled.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 10 The enemy would reveal herself by firing her guns or scuttling herself.

1955 Times 1 June 2/7 His Black Sea fleet had been scuttled and the war was confined to a narrowing circle round Sebastopol.

b. figurative (esp. in political contexts).

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

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to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

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to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

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to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

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to cut off by the shins1592

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to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

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to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

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to put paid to1901

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down and out1916

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to put the skids under1918

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to screw up1933

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to dig the grave of1934

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to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely

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to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464

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1888 Church Times 3 Feb. 89 A few of them once had a fine Protestant appearance, but they have been scuttled by three recent discoveries.

1940 Star 15 May 3/2 A favourite way of settling an argument is to exclaim, ‘You go and scuttle yourself!’

1942 Capital 20 Jan. 1/3 The ill-concealed Axis maneuver, apparently part of a..scheme to scuttle the [Rio de] Janeiro conference.

1955 Times 16 May 5/1 ‘Now they scuttle us,’ said Mr. Oatley, ‘by slapping controls on what can be considered the cornerstone of every household—a domestic cooker.’

1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 21 Oct. (1970) 329 The day..began with bad news. The Rent Subsidy Bill had been scuttled without opportunity to work on it.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 Apr. 18/3 Earlier this month the White House, in apparent agreement, scuttled a legislative proposal to deregulate cable TV.

1977 Time 7 Nov. 21/3 His effort to pay off a campaign promise to maritime unions by fixing the percentage of imported oil that must be carried in U.S. ships was scuttled.

a. To cut a hole in (the deck of a vessel), esp. for the purpose of salving the cargo (see quot. 1867).

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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > salvage > cut hole in for salvage

scuttle1789

1789 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1805) IV. 37 It was thought necessary to scuttle the deck close aft, which..would enable them to get up and throw overboard some of the provisions and stores.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 21 The decks are scuttl'd, and we lay Far in the hollow of the sea.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To scuttle, to cut or bore holes through part of a ship when she is stranded or overset,..in order to save any part of her contents.

b. transferred.

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a1797 C. Macklin in European Mag. (1801) 40 16/1 Sir, I remember the time when the price of admission here [i.e. at Sadler's Wells] was but threepence, except a few places scuttled off at the sides of the stage at sixpence.

3. Boxing slang. to scuttle (a person's) nob: to break (his) head.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of the body [verb (intransitive)] > on the head

nob1812

to scuttle (a person's) nob1834

1834 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 671/1 I'll..scuttle your nob with my fist.

1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 206 What!..desart..and then rob! And go scuttling a poor little Drummer-boy's nob.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

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单词	scuttle
释义	scuttlen.¹ /ˈskʌt(ə)l/ Forms: Old English, Middle English scutel, Middle English scutell, Middle English scutelle ( scutylle, scwtylle, scotel(l, scotill, scotylle, scotle, schewtell, scuttyl, skuttel, skuttyl), 1500s skottell, ( scutle) 1500s–1600s scuttell, 1500s–1800s skuttle, 1500s– scuttle. Etymology: Old English scutel in sense 1, probably pronounced with /sk/, < Latin scutella dish, platter; the word appears in other Germanic languages: Old Norse skutill, Middle Dutch, Dutch schotel, Middle Low German schötel, Old High German scuz̧z̧ila (Middle High German, German schüssel). The development of sense 2 is somewhat strange, but there seems no reason to doubt the identity of the word. †1. A dish, trencher, platter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate disha700 scuttlec1050 trencherc1308 plattera1325 paten?1340 esquele1371 skelec1400 plat1415 plate?c1450 skewel1567 trencher-plate1580 goggan1586 trench1602 table plate1669 mazarine1673 discus1680 wearing plate1683 silver plate1710 nappy1731 roundel1797 muffin1820 entrée dish1846 pinax1858 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 280/22 Catinus, scutel. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 770/21 Nomina pertinencia coquine... Hec scutella, a scotylle. 1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Scutella,..sax. Scutel, Scuttle, any thing of a flat and broad shape, like a Shield, especially a Plate or Dish, as [read a] shallow wooden Bowl or Platter is still call'd a Scuttle. 2. a. A basket for sifting or winnowing corn; hence, a large shovel to cast grain in winnowing, a casting-shovel. Now only dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > corn shovel scuttle1366 barn-shovel1446 1366–7 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. lxxij Et in pane equorum, cum ferrura..scutels sive pal', cribris [etc.]. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 726/7 Hoc ventilabrum, a scotylle. 1411–12 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 139 In j vanga, j shouill, j scotill, j boll empt., xd. ob. 1427–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 142 In ij scotill empt., 6d. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15^v [A] skuttle or skreine, to rid soile fro the corne. 1681 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) at Skepe A Skepe, or Scuttle; a flat and broad Basket, made to winnow corn withal. 1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) at Scutella In Kent the broader Shovel with which they turn Malt or Corn, is call'd the Skuttle. 1849 W. Raynbird & H. Raynbird On Agric. Suffolk vi. 299 Skuttle—the large casting-shovel used in barns, generally shod or rimmed at bottom with brass, for moving threshed corn, and particularly for casting it from side to side of a barn the whole length of a dressing floor, that light grains and dust may fall short. b. A large open basket wide at the mouth and narrow at the bottom, usually of wickerwork, used for carrying corn, earth, vegetables, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket basketa1300 scuttle1404 skull?a1513 cassiea1688 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > large > wide at top, narrow at bottom scuttle1404 1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 398 Item in orreo..1 berlepe novum, 2 scotlys, 4 wedhokys. 1415–16 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 225 Pro 2 scoteles virgeis pro cova. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 184 And he..garte þaim..make skuttles & lepis of wandis evyn vnto evyn. 1541 in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 81 Ther be bones of dede persones dygged up w^t conyes whiche would fylle a scutle. 1560 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 124 For a skottell to serue ye tyllar, iij d. 1570 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 318 In the Larder Howse, buttertubbes scuttles and other stuff. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iv. 467 The earth and stones..they are faine to carie from under their feet in scuttles and baskets, upon their shoulders. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. viii. 154 Alas, and what's a man? A scuttle full of dust. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 203 I have observed them to lay down scuttles or broad open wicker Basketts upon the ground. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 283 I had the mortification..to see all the tiles and a chimney shoot off from the house, as if shot out of a skuttle. 1814 T. Haynes Treat. Strawberry (ed. 2) 40 After which, afford a good dressing with..manure..; which will most easily be performed by taking it out of scuttles or wheelbarrows on each side the bed. c. = coal scuttle n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > container in which to store coal coal pot1681 coal box1701 coal scuttle1730 coal scoop1743 coal hod1781 hoda1825 coal skip1831 purdonium1847 scuttle1849 scoop1850 1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy vii. 46 Fourteen skuttles of coals. 1909 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 774/1 A brass scuttle stood by the fireplace. 3. The part of a motor vehicle which connects the bonnet with the body. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > part connecting bonnet to main body scuttle1914 1914 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 206/1 The scuttle-dash protects his body and chest from the wind. 1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 967 The two-panel screen..is made to follow the curvature of the scuttle dash. 1922 Autocar 10 Nov. 973 The coachwork, which now tapers from bonnet to scuttle in an unbroken sweep. 1925 Morris Owner's Man. 71 Under the butterfly nut at the back of the bonnet hinge (on top of the scuttle). 1963 Times 4 June 7/7 Above 65–70 m.p.h..., road noise was high and there was some scuttle shake. 1970 Motoring Which? July 109/2 Front wing to scuttle seams cracking, driver's seat had cut through carpet. 1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing vii. 94 A hole appeared in the scuttle three inches forward of the windscreen. 1980 Daily Tel. 5 Mar. 12/6 Even on some of the worst French road surfaces there was hardly any sign of scuttle shake. Compounds C1. General attributive. scuttle-carrier n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hotteur, a Basket-carrier, or Scuttle-carrier. scuttle-maker n. ΚΠ 1483 Cath. Angl. 327/1 A Scutelle (Scutylle A.) maker, scutellarius. 1610–11 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. [They] present..John Welbanck.., brewer, and Geo. Murrey.., scuttle maker..as vagrants and sturdy rogues. C2. scuttle-mouth n. (see quot. 1851). ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 75/1 The very large shelly oysters..were introduced from the Sussex coast... The costermongers distinguished them by the name of ‘scuttle-mouths’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). scuttlen.² /ˈskʌt(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English skottelle, 1600s scottel, scutle, 1600s–1700s skuttle, 1500s– scuttle. Etymology: Of obscure origin; identical with French écoutille hatchway, in 16th cent. escoutille, = Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha; the sense ‘scuttle’ is expressed by the derivatives French écoutillon, Spanish escotillon, Portuguese escotilhão. The English word is commonly believed to be adopted from the French, and this from the Spanish; but the relation between the three, and the ultimate etymology, remain uncertain. According to a quotation given by Jal, the French word formerly meant the hatch or trapdoor covering the hatchway; if this was the original sense, the word might be a derivative of Dutch or Low German schutten to shut; compare English shuttle (of a dam). 1. a. Nautical. A square or rectangular hole or opening in a ship's deck smaller than a hatchway, furnished with a movable cover or lid, used as a means of communication between deck and deck; also a similar hole in the deck or side of a ship for purposes of lighting, ventilation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air scuttle1497 scuttle-hole1684 deck-light1849 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 323 A chayne of yron for the skottelles of the haches. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 20 Wee have had in a watch in the night a fish flie into a little scuttle of a cabbin, noe bigger then the hande of a man. 1622 Recov. of the ‘Exchange’ fr. Pirates D 3 He had ropes, and iron hookes to make fast the scottels, gratings, and cabbines. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. A Scuttle is a square hole..cut through any Hatch or any part of the Deck to goe downe by..: also for vent for the Ordnance, there are small scuttles with grateings..: Also all the little windowes and holes which are cut-out aloft in the Captaines, or Masters cabbins, are called Scuttles. 1673 London Gaz. No. 754/1 Some hurt in his face, received when he was making a Sally out of the Scuttle, to drive the Dutch from the Deck. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 51 Two small skuttles to give light into the great cabbin. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 126 A room..lighted by a long scuttle, or skylight, in the deck above. 1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 223 Scuttles..are openings by which to obtain access to certain compartments when necessary,..scuttles in some cases are covered with cap and in others with flush covers. In the former they..are termed cap scuttles, and in the latter..flush scuttles. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 186 The second mate..was hanging over the open scuttle, absorbed in watching the game. b. A hole cut or bored through any part of a ship, esp. for salving the cargo. Cf. scuttle v.² 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > salvaging operations > hole cut for scuttle1780 1780 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 70 102 Several scuttles or holes in the ship's side were made..to facilitate the discharge of the..cargo. c. The lid of a scuttle-hole or hatchway. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air > cover of scuttle-hatch1627 scuttle1688 1688 J. Clayton Let. 12 May in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 784 We hoised out a Boat, and took one of the Scuttles that cover'd one of the Hatches of the Ship. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvii. 474 We..took up..a small Hatch, or Scuttle rather, belonging to some Bark. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Ecoutille qui s'emboȋte, a hatchway with a scuttle which covers its border. 1908 H. Paasch From Keel to Truck (ed. 4) 118 Scuttle,..the term is also given to the framing and the thick piece of glass (Bull's-eye) by which the aperture is closed. 2. An opening in the roof, floor, wall, etc. of a building closed with a shutter or lid; a trapdoor; also the shutter of such an opening. Now only U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > trapdoor trapc1374 trapdoorc1374 fall door1481 scuttle1707 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > door > doorway > hatchway scuttle1737 trap-hatchway1799 hatchway1814 trap-hatch1820 trap-way1904 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 148 For the Hole in the Door, have a small Scuttle to shut down when you go in. 1737 [see scuttle hinge n. at Compounds]. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Scuttle,..2. A square hole in the roof of a house, with a lid. 1877 J. G. Whittier Witch of Wenham ii. xvi She forced the oaken scuttle back; A whisper reached her ear: ‘Slide down the roof to me’ it said. 1902 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. III. 524 Occasionally smaller skylights are in the form of glazed scuttles arranged to be opened for access to the roof. †3. (See quot. 1705) Cf. shuttle n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice > for letting fish through scuttle1705 1705 Act 4 & 5 Anne c. 8 [21] Owners.. of..Mills, upon any..rivers..shall constantly keep open One Scuttle or small Hatch of a Foot Square in the Waste Hatch or Water course..for the Salmon to pass and repass freely. Compounds scuttle-cask n. = scuttlebutt gossip n. (a) at scuttlebutt n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask > for drinking-water scuttled cask1743 gang-caska1769 scuttle-cask1803 scuttlebutt1840 scuttled butt1840 1803 Naval Chron. 10 183 Water from the scuttle-cask on the quarter-deck. scuttle-hatch n. a lid or covering of a scuttle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air > cover of scuttle-hatch1627 scuttle1688 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 A scuttle-hatch is a little hatch doth couer a little square hole we call the Scuttle. scuttle hinge n. a hinge for a scuttle or trapdoor. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > hinge > for gate or door > trapdoor scuttle hinge1737 1737 E. Hoppus Salmon's Country Builder's Estimator (ed. 2) 107 Scuttle Hinges..are sold by the Dozen. scuttle-hole n. = sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > for communication, light, or air scuttle1497 scuttle-hole1684 deck-light1849 1684 I. Mather Ess. for Recording Illustrious Providences 5 The scuttle-hole of the quarter~deck. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 216 Scuttle-holes, to open and shut for the admission of air, are cut out along the ship's sides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † scuttlen.³ Forms: Also 1500s skutele. Etymology: Of obscure origin; not easily to be connected with either scuttle n.¹ or scuttle n.² Nautical. Obsolete. A platform at the head of a lower mast; a ‘top’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast topc1420 scuttle1597 bowl1627 round top1661 crow's nest1818 hurricane-house1818 bird's nest1851 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. ii. 4 Their carefull watchfulnesse..ought to serue them for sails cables, ankers, masts and skutles, whereby to gouerne and direct the vessel. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hune, the scuttle of the mast of a ship. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 181 Let down this white wine of Anjou, from the scuttle [Fr. la Hune] of the mast of the ship. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 172 On the top of the main mast stood one of the Marriners, in the skuttle [L. in galea]..looking about him, if he could see any land. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 592 This mast..has at its extremity a scuttle like that of the masts of a ship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). scuttlen.⁴ /ˈskʌt(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s scottell, scuttel(l, 1700s scutle, skuttle, 1600s– scuttle. Etymology: Altered form of cuttle n.¹ = cuttle n.¹ Also scuttle fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of cuttlec1000 seggec1300 polypus?1527 scuttle1530 sepia1569 cuttlefish1591 inkhorn fish1598 ozaena1601 sea-cat1601 sea-cut1601 sound1611 scribe1655 sea-qualm1804 sepiacean1842 sepioid1857 sea-sleeve1867 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268 Scottell a fysshe, seiche... Scuttell fysshe, saiche. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvi. 315 The scuttle fish, when he is in straights of being taken..casteth out a blackenesse that is within him. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 476. ¶4 Our Disputants put me in mind of the Skuttle Fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the Water about him, till he becomes invisible. 1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 10 The ‘Scuttle’, a large Octopus. Compounds scuttle-bone n. = cuttle-bone n. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268 Scottell bone,..Scuttell bone, os de saiche. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 114 We began to see some Scutle-bones floating on the Water. scuttle-shell n. = cuttle-bone n. ΚΠ 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 130 We..saw..abundance of Scuttle-shells swimming on the Sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scuttlen.⁵ /ˈskʌt(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1700s skuttle. Etymology: < scuttle v.¹ The action or an act of scuttling. 1. a. A short hurried run. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [noun] > scurrying or scampering > an act of scuttle1623 scamper1809 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iii. ii. sig. G3 Pluto the god of riches, When he's sent (by Iupiter)..goes limping,..but when he's sent One the diuells arrand, he rides poast, and comes in by scuttles. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 323. ¶7 From Twelve to One. Shut my self up in my Chamber, practised Lady Betty Modely's Skuttle. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Scuttle... 3. (From scud.) A quick pace; a short run; a pace of affected precipitation. 1967 O. Wynd Walk Softly iv. 49 I stopped a scuttle back to his den with yet another request. b. Political slang. (See scuttle v.¹ 1b)Probably now with an admixture of scuttle v.² 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > from occupation of a foreign country scuttle1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Dec. 5/1 In other words, scuttle, if adopted as a ministerial policy, may lead to the evacuation of Downing-street, for the evacuation of Egypt is quite impossible for at least a year yet. 1892 C. Rhodes in Daily Tel. (1901) 12 Oct. 9/7 I was horrified..to read a speech of Mr. Gladstone's evidently foreshadowing a scuttle if he came in. 1906 Daily News 16 June 6/4 The word scuttle..in the Jingo Press, where the ‘policy of scuttle’ is used whenever we give up something to a small Power. 1954 Economist 7 Aug. 428 Mr. Attlee has always been particularly offended by Tory charges of ‘scuttle’ during his years in office. 1967 Daily Express 17 Feb. 2/2 The speed-up of the scuttle is inadvertently revealed in the Defence White Paper. 1969 Guardian 31 July 8/1 President Nixon has ruled out both a military solution and a ‘scuttle’. 2. In Manchester: A street faction-fight between bands of young people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > street or gang-fight bicker1861 scuttle1864 gang fight1889 rammy1935 rumble1946 1864 in G. Milner Odds & Ends (1875) I. 43 When the boys of one street take offence at boys of another street, they often fall to fighting in a body. This is called a ‘scuttle’. Draft additions December 2005 scuttle fly n. a small fly of the family Phoridae, whose members are distinguished from fruit flies by their habit of running briefly before taking flight; cf. phorid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] maggot fly1606 Diptera1813 scuttle fly1976 1976 R. H. L. Disney in Entomologist's Gaz. 27 91 (title) A further case of a nematoceran fly (Diptera: Sciaridae) parasitised by a species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae). 1997 New Scientist 22 Feb. 6/1 Scuttle flies hover above fire ants, waiting for a chance to dart down and lay an egg within the ant's head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). scuttlev.¹ /ˈskʌt(ə)l/ Forms: Also (? Middle English scottle), 1600s scutle, 1700s skuttle. Etymology: ? Altered form of scuddle v.²It is doubtful whether the 15th cent. scottle belongs to this word, the sense being somewhat obscure. 1. a. intransitive. To run with quick, hurried steps. Chiefly with away, off. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > scurry or scamper scuttlea1450 scuddle1577 curry1608 scamper1691 brattle1725 scurry1810 chevya1825 skitter1845 skelter1852 hurry and scurry1857 skeeter1964 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 a1450 [implied in: Mankind in Macro Plays 4 Nought. Ȝys, Mary, I prey yow, for I loue not þis rewelynge [sc. of dancing]... Go to! for I haue hade a praty scottlynge. Mercy. Nay, brother, I wyll not daunce. (at scuttling n.¹)]. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe (1893) 21 Then she told him all that had happened; how she scutled up to Dorco; how [etc.]. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 4 So away he scuttled with as great joy as if he had found the Philosophers stone. 1739 H. Walpole Let. to R. West 20 July We scuttle up~stairs in great confusion. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scuttle off, to run away. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvii. 244 With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about her house to wake the Baron. View more context for this quotation 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxi. 74 Causing the conceited hares to scuttle away for the..hills. 1871 J. R. Green Let. 9 Jan. (1901) 278 The bit of ground..which everybody scuttles over by train. 1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man xiv In a moment the house was empty. It is not too much to say that the Duchess scuttled. b. transferred in Political slang. To withdraw in a precipitate and undignified manner from the occupation or control of a country. Cf. scuttle n.⁵ 1b.Apparently first used in 1883 with reference to the suggested abandonment of England of its control in Egypt. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > from occupancy of a country scuttle1883 1883 R. Churchill Speech 18 Dec. (1889) I. 79 Now—so says Mr. Gladstone at the Guildhall—we, the Liberal Government..are going to scuttle out of this pandemonium as soon as we can. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 July 1/2 Even if we were going to scuttle next year from Egypt. c. transitive. To hurry off. ΚΠ 1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos iv I scuttled him off to Nice in the car. 2. In Manchester: To take part in a ‘scuttle’ or street-fight. See scuttle n.⁵ 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > have a gang-fight scuttle1890 rumble1946 1890 Daily News 14 Aug. 5/1 Five men, or rather lads, were in the dock [at the Manchester City Sessions] charged with ‘scuttling’... The prisoners, arming themselves with belts and clasp knives, made their way through the Manchester streets stunning or stabbing, without provocation, every one who came in their way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). scuttlev.² /ˈskʌt(ə)l/ Etymology: < scuttle n.² 1. a. transitive. To cut or bore a hole or holes in the sides or bottom of (a vessel, boat, etc. for the purpose of sinking her). Hence, by extension: to sink (one's own vessel) deliberately; to submerge; to destroy or smash (a car, aeroplane, etc.). Also reflexive, of a vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > cause to sink > intentionally scuttle1642 scupper1976 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > beyond repair (a car, etc.) total1895 to write off1919 scuttle1941 cream1972 1642 in R. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1900) I. 300 He went..on board and scuttled and set fire to the ships. 1779 J. Ramsay Let. 23 Nov. in Parl. Papers 1910 (Cd. 5038) XXXV. 675 Captain Wilkinson is particularly celebrated for having said..he wished that all the English sugar islands were skuttled (sunk). 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 91 Orders had been given to scuttle each ship for sinking,..and they had all a large square plug ready to pull out when the signal..was given. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xli. 23 He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. 1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. 106 The vessel..had been scuttled. 1939 Times 16 Dec. 7/3 The German steamer Adolf Leonhart (2,989 tons) was scuttled by her crew in the South Atlantic when she was intercepted by a British warship. 1939 Times 18 Dec. 8/1 The Admiral Graf Spee the German ‘pocket battleship’ which was cornered by British warships, scuttled herself outside Montevideo harbour last night. 1941 Collier's 20 Dec. 50/1 Bruce, in a heavy sedan, had come banging out of his driveway to a collision. No one was hurt, but the flivver was scuttled. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 10 The enemy would reveal herself by firing her guns or scuttling herself. 1955 Times 1 June 2/7 His Black Sea fleet had been scuttled and the war was confined to a narrowing circle round Sebastopol. b. figurative (esp. in political contexts). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 1888 Church Times 3 Feb. 89 A few of them once had a fine Protestant appearance, but they have been scuttled by three recent discoveries. 1940 Star 15 May 3/2 A favourite way of settling an argument is to exclaim, ‘You go and scuttle yourself!’ 1942 Capital 20 Jan. 1/3 The ill-concealed Axis maneuver, apparently part of a..scheme to scuttle the [Rio de] Janeiro conference. 1955 Times 16 May 5/1 ‘Now they scuttle us,’ said Mr. Oatley, ‘by slapping controls on what can be considered the cornerstone of every household—a domestic cooker.’ 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 21 Oct. (1970) 329 The day..began with bad news. The Rent Subsidy Bill had been scuttled without opportunity to work on it. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 Apr. 18/3 Earlier this month the White House, in apparent agreement, scuttled a legislative proposal to deregulate cable TV. 1977 Time 7 Nov. 21/3 His effort to pay off a campaign promise to maritime unions by fixing the percentage of imported oil that must be carried in U.S. ships was scuttled. 2. a. To cut a hole in (the deck of a vessel), esp. for the purpose of salving the cargo (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > salvage > cut hole in for salvage scuttle1789 1789 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1805) IV. 37 It was thought necessary to scuttle the deck close aft, which..would enable them to get up and throw overboard some of the provisions and stores. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 21 The decks are scuttl'd, and we lay Far in the hollow of the sea. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. To scuttle, to cut or bore holes through part of a ship when she is stranded or overset,..in order to save any part of her contents. b. transferred. ΚΠ a1797 C. Macklin in European Mag. (1801) 40 16/1 Sir, I remember the time when the price of admission here [i.e. at Sadler's Wells] was but threepence, except a few places scuttled off at the sides of the stage at sixpence. 3. Boxing slang. to scuttle (a person's) nob: to break (his) head. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of the body [verb (intransitive)] > on the head nob1812 to scuttle (a person's) nob1834 1834 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 671/1 I'll..scuttle your nob with my fist. 1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 206 What!..desart..and then rob! And go scuttling a poor little Drummer-boy's nob. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.¹c1050n.²1497n.³1597n.⁴1530n.⁵1623v.¹a1450v.²1642
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