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scup⋅per

1  [skuhp-er]
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–noun
1. Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Compare freeing port.
2. a drain, closed by one or two flaps, for allowing water from the sprinkler system of a factory or the like to run off a floor of the building to the exterior.
3. any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rain water.
Origin:
1475–85; earlier skoper. See scoop, -er 1
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scup⋅per

2  [skuhp-er]
–verb (used with object) British.
1. Military. to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.
2. Informal. to prevent from happening or succeeding; ruin; wreck.
Origin:
1880–85; orig. uncert.
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scup·per 1   (skŭp'ər)   
n.  
  1. Nautical An opening in the side of a ship at deck level to allow water to run off.
  2. An opening for draining off water, as from a floor or the roof of a building.

[Middle English scoper- (in scopernail, nail for attaching scupper-leathers to a ship), probably from scopen, to scoop, from scope, a scoop; see scoop.]
scup·per 2   (skŭp'ər)   
tr.v.   scup·pered, scup·per·ing, scup·pers
  1. Chiefly British To overwhelm or massacre.
  2. To ruin or destroy: "The world oil glut combined with disastrous federal energy policies to scupper Alberta's economy" (Christian Science Monitor).

[Perhaps from scupper1.]
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Scupper

Scup"per\, n. [OF. escopir, escupir, to spit, perhaps for escospir, L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con- + spuere to spit. Cf. Spit, v.] (Naut.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.

Scupper hose (Naut.), a pipe of leather, canvas, etc., attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a vessel, to prevent the water from entering. --Totten.

Scupper nail (Naut.), a nail with a very broad head, for securing the edge of the hose to the scupper.

Scupper plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a scupper. --Totten.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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scupper 
"opening in a ship's side at deck level," 1485, perhaps from O.Fr. escopir "to spit out," or related to Du. schop "shovel," or from M.E. scope "scoop" (see scoop).
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