Category:Scuttle

Scut"tle, n. Etym: [as. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; Both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. Scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet.]

1. A broad, shallow basket.

2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scuttle Scut"tle, v. i. Etym: [for scuddle, fr. scud.]

Defn: to run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to Scuddle. With the first dawn of day, old janet was scuttling about the house To wake the baron. Sir w. Scott.

Scuttle Scut"tle, n.

Defn: a quick pace; a short run. Spectator.

Scuttle Scut"tle, n. Etym: [of. escoutille, f. éscoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; Probably akin to sp. escoter to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to Hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom- Shaped piece out, and of teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom, G. schoss, goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse.]

1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a Lid. Specifically: (a) (naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large Enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like Hole in the side or bottom of a ship. (b) an opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.

2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, Or the like. Scuttle butt, or scuttle cask (naut.), a butt or cask With a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily Use in a ship. Totten.

Scuttle Scut"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]

1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as Of a ship), for any purpose.

2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a Ship.