Scape-wheel
(Scape"-wheel`) n. (Horol.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into
the teeth of which the pallets play.
Scaphander
(Sca*phan"der) n. [Gr. anything hollowed + a man: cf. F. scaphandre.] The case, or
impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.
Scaphism
(Scaph"ism) n. [Gr. ska`fh a trough.] An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the
Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like,
and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
Scaphite
(Scaph"ite) n. [L. scapha a boat, fr. Gr. ska`fh a boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr. ska`ptein
to dig.] (Paleon.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite
family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
Scaphocephalic
(Scaph`o*ce*phal"ic) a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
Scaphocephaly
(Scaph`o*ceph"a*ly) n. [Gr. ska`fh a boat + kefalh` head.] (Anat.) A deformed condition
of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.
Scaphocerite
(Scaph`o*ce"rite) n. [Gr. ska`fh boat + E. cerite.] (Zoöl.) A flattened plate or scale attached
to the second joint of the antennæ of many Crustacea.
Scaphognathite
(Sca*phog"na*thite) n. [Gr. ska`fh boat + gna`qos jaw.] (Zoöl.) A thin leafike appendage
(the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw
the water through the gill cavity.
Scaphoid
(Scaph"oid) a. [Gr. ska`fh a boat + -oid: cf. F. scaphoïde.] (Anat.) Resembling a boat in
form; boat-shaped. — n. The scaphoid bone.
Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of
the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular.
Scapholunar
(Scaph`o*lu"nar) a. [Scaphoid + lunar.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and
lunar bones of the carpus. — n. The scapholunar bone.
Scapholunar bone, a bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of
carnivora.
Scaphopoda
(||Sca*phop"o*da) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat + -poda.] (Zoöl.) A class of marine
cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing,
and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other
similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
Scapiform
(Sca"pi*form) a. (Bot.) Resembling a scape, or flower stem.
Scapolite
(Scap"o*lite) n. [Gr. a staff, or L. scapus a stem, stalk + -lite: cf. F. scapolite.] (Mon.) A
grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate
of alumina and soda.
The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.
Scapple
(Scap"ple) v. t. [Cf. OF. eskapeler, eschapler, to cut, hew, LL. scapellare. Cf. Scabble.]
(a) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry. (b) To dress in any
way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone. Gwilt.
Scapula
(Scap"u*la) n.; pl. L. Scapulæ E. Scapulas [L.]
