Scathful
(Scath"ful) a. Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak.
— Scath"ful*ness, n.
Scathless
(Scath"less), a. Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.
He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless.
Sir W. Scott. Scathly
(Scath"ly), a. Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]
Scatter
(Scat"ter) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See
Shatter.]
1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in
an open or sparse order.
And some are scattered all the floor about.
Chaucer.
Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains,
Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
Dryden.
Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy.
Prior. 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken
order; to dissipate; to disperse.
Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
Shak. 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
Syn. — To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
Scatter
(Scat"ter), v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a
storm.
Scatter-brain
(Scat"ter-brain`) n. A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
[Written also scatter-brains.]
Scatter-brained
(Scat"ter-brained`) a. Giddy; thoughtless.
Scattered
(Scat"tered) a.
1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.
— Scat"tered*ly, adv. — Scat"tered*ness, n.
Scattergood
(Scat"ter*good`) n. One who wastes; a spendthrift.
Scattering
(Scat"ter*ing), a. Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among
many; as, scattering votes.
Scattering
(Scat"ter*ing), n. Act of strewing about; something scattered. South.
Scatteringly
(Scat"ter*ing*ly), adv. In a scattering manner; dispersedly.
