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presented no one could draw it; whereupon the Turkish emperor sent it back as an imposition; but Iskander- beg replied, he had only sent his majesty the sword without sending the arm that drew it. (See Robin Hood .) Scandinavia Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland. Pliny speaks of Scandia as an island. Scant-of-grace (A). A madcap; a wild, disorderly, graceless fellow. You, a gentleman of birth and breeding ... associate yourself with a sort of scant-of-grace, as men call me.- Sir W. Scott: Kenilworth, iii. Scantling a small quantity, is the French échantillon, a specimen or pattern. A scantling of wit.- Dryden. Scapegoat The Biajùs or aborigenes of Borneo observe a custom bearing a considerable resemblance to
that of the scapegoat. They annually launch a small bark laden with all the sins and misfortunes of the
nation, which, says Dr. Leyden, they imagine will fall on the unhappy crew that first meets with it. |
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