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scut⋅tle

1  [skuht-l]
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–noun
1. a deep bucket for carrying coal.
2. British Dialect. a broad, shallow basket.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME; OE scutel dish, trencher, platter < L scutella, dim. of scutra shallow pan

scut⋅tle

2  [skuht-l] verb, -tled, -tling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
–noun
2. a quick pace.
3. a short, hurried run.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME scottlynge (ger.), var. of scuddle, freq. of scud 1

Synonyms:
1. hasten, hurry, scamper, scramble.

scut⋅tle

3  [skuht-l] noun, verb, -tled, -tling.
–noun
1. Nautical.
a. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel.
b. a cover for this.
2. a small hatchlike opening in a roof or ceiling.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sink (a vessel) deliberately by opening seacocks or making openings in the bottom.
4. to abandon, withdraw from, or cause to be abandoned or destroyed (as plans, hopes, rumors, etc.).
Origin:
1490–1500; perh. ≪ Sp escotilla hatchway, equiv. to escot(e) a cutting of cloth (< Goth skaut seam; akin to sheet 1 ) + -illa dim. suffix
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scut·tle 1   (skŭt'l)   
n.  
  1. A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.
  2. The lid or hatch of such an opening.
tr.v.   scut·tled, scut·tling, scut·tles
  1. Nautical
    1. To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).
    2. To sink (a ship) by this means.
  2. Informal To scrap; discard: "a program [the] President . . . sought to scuttle" (Christian Science Monitor).

[Middle English skottell, from Old French escoutille, possibly from Spanish escotilla.]
scut·tle 2   (skŭt'l)   
n.  
  1. A metal pail for carrying coal.
  2. A shallow open basket for carrying vegetables, flowers, or grain.

[Middle English scutel, basket, from Old English, dish, from Latin scutella; see scullery.]
scut·tle 3   (skŭt'l)   
intr.v.   scut·tled, scut·tling, scut·tles
To run or move with short hurried movements; scurry.
n.  A hurried run.

[Middle English scottlen; possibly akin to scud.]
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Scuttle

Scut"tle\, n. [AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet.]

1. A broad, shallow basket.

2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scuttle

Scut"tle\, v. i. [For scuddle, fr. scud.] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.

With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. --Sir W. Scott.

Scuttle

Scut"tle\, n. A quick pace; a short run. --Spectator.

Scuttle

Scut"tle\, n. [OF. escoutille, F. ['e]scoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escoter to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom-shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom, G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse.]

1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. (b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.

2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. --Totten.

Scuttle

Scut"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]

1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
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Language Translation for : scuttle
Spanish: echar a correr,
German: eiliger Gang,
Japanese: あわてて走る
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scuttle  (n.)
"bucket," O.E. scutel "dish, platter," from L. scutella "serving platter," dim. of scutra "flat tray, dish," perhaps related to scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). A common Gmc. borrowing from Latin (cf. O.N. skutill, M.Du. schotel, O.H.G. scuzzila, Ger. Schüssel). Meaning "basket for sifting grain" is attested from 1366; sense of "bucket for holding coal" first recorded 1849.

scuttle  (v.1)
"scamper, scurry," c.1450, probably related to scud (q.v.).

scuttle  (v.2)
"cut a hole in a ship to sink it," 1642, from skottell (n.) "opening in a ship's deck" (1497), from M.Fr. escoutille (Mod.Fr. écoutille), from Sp. escotilla "hatchway," dim. of escota "opening in a garment," from escotar "cut out," perhaps from e- "out" + Gmc. *skaut-. Fig. use is recorded from 1888.
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