3. Extended area. [Obs.] "The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers." Sir J. Davies.
4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
Scopeline
(Sco"pe*line) a. (Zoöl.) Scopeloid.
Scopeloid
(Sco"pe*loid) a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. a headland) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or
pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which includes many small oceanic
fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. — n. (Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Scopelidæ.
Scopiferous
(Sco*pif"er*ous) a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
Scopiform
(Sco"pi*form) a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.] Having the form of a broom or
besom. "Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform." Kirwan.
Scopiped
(Sco"pi*ped) n. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zoöl.) Same as Scopuliped.
Scoppet
(Scop"pet) v. t. [From Scoop, v. t.] To lade or dip out. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Scops owl
(Scops" owl`) [NL. scops, fr. Gr. the little horned owl.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species
of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European
scops owl and the American screech owl
Scoptic
(Scop"tic Scop"tic*al) , a. [Gr. skwptiko`s, from skw`ptein to mock, to scoff at.] Jesting; jeering; scoffing.
[Obs.] South.
— Scop"tic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Scopula
(||Scop"u*la) n.; pl. E. Scopulas L. Scopulæ [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zoöl.) (a) A
peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. (b) A
special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
Scopuliped
(Scop"u*li*ped) n. [L. scopulae, pl., a little broom (fr. scopae a broom) + pes, pedis,
foot.] (Zoöl.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen,
as the hive bees and bumblebees.
Scopulous
(Scop"u*lous) a. [L. scopulosus, fr. scopulus a rock, Gr. .] Full of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]
Scorbute
(Scor"bute) n. [LL. scorbutus: cf. F. scorbut. See Scurvy, n.] Scurvy. [Obs.] Purchas.
Scorbutic
(Scor*bu"tic Scor*bu"tic*al) , a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of
the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints
or symptoms. — Scor*bu"tic*al*ly, adv.
Scorbutus
(||Scor*bu"tus) n. [LL. See Scorbute.] (Med.) Scurvy.
Scorce
(Scorce) n. Barter. [Obs.] See Scorse.
Scorch
(Scorch) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scorching.] [OE. scorchen, probably
akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrökka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up,
dial. Sw. skråkkla to wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark
from, to flay, to skin, F. écorcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork); because
the skin falls off when scorched.]
