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it old-fashioned.
--v. 3 inscribe, incise, etch, engrave, mark, scratch, score,
grave, scrimshaw, carve, chase or enchase: The shotgun was
scribed with the most beautiful designs, some inlaid in gold.
scrimmage n. skirmish, scuffle, fray, affray, disturbance, brouhaha,
mˆl‚e or melee, riot, row, brawl, struggle, scramble, tussle,
fracas, rumpus, Donnybrook, battle, fight, Colloq ruckus,
set-to, dust-up, free-for-all, scrap, Brit scrum or scrummage,
Slang Brit (bit of) bovver: The police were called when what
started as a minor scrimmage began to develop into a riot.
script n. 1 handwriting, hand, (cursive) writing, penmanship;
calligraphy: These love-letters are written in an unusually
beautiful script. 2 manuscript, scenario, book, play,
screenplay, teleplay, libretto, continuity: Stick to the script
- I don't want you ad libbing!
--v. 3 write, pen, prepare, create: The new series was
scripted by the same writer who wrote 'Out in the Outback'. 4
plan, organize, design, arrange, lay out, order, configure,
pattern: The take-over of the company had not been scripted in
their business forecasts.
Scripture n. Scriptures, sacred writings, Bible, Good Book, Holy Writ or
Scripture(s), Word of God, Gospel(s); Book of Mormon; Koran;
Upanishad(s), Bhagavad-Gita: Throughout his life, he did only
those things approved in Scripture.
scrounge v. 1 ferret out, seek out, nose or smell out, come up with,
scrape together or up, scratch up; importune, cadge, beg (,
borrow, or steal), Colloq US freeload, bum: Did Hedley try to
scrounge some money from you, too?
--n. 2 scrounger, cadger, parasite, Colloq sponger, US
freeloader: Hedley, that scrounge, has just asked me for a
cigarette.
scrub v. 1 See scour, 1, above. 2 cancel, call off, abort, scratch,
drop, terminate, give up, end, abandon, stop, cease,
discontinue, do away with: Something went wrong with the fuel
computer, so they scrubbed today's satellite launch.