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scut·tle1

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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

]

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scut·tle2

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–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 scud¹

]

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

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scut·tle3

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–noun

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 sheet¹) + -illa dim. suffix

]

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scut·tle¹ Audio Help (skŭt'l) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
The lid or hatch of such an opening.

tr.v. scut·tled, scut·tling, scut·tles

Nautical
1. To cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull).
2. To sink (a ship) by this means.
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.]

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n.

A metal pail for carrying coal.
A shallow open basket for carrying vegetables, flowers, or grain.

[Middle English scutel, basket, from Old English, dish, from Latin scutella; see scullery.]

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scut·tle³ Audio Help   (skŭt'l) Pronunciation Key
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 (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.

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scuttle (v.1)

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

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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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scuttle
noun
1.	container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
2.	an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway]
verb
1.	to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" [syn: scurry]

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scuttle [ˈskatl] verb

to hurry with short, quick steps

Arabic:	يَفُرُّ، يُسْرِعُ بِخُطُواتٍ قَصيرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	急促奔跑
Chinese (Traditional):	急促奔跑
Czech:	cupitat
Danish:	pile
Dutch:	haastig rennen
Estonian:	liduma
Finnish:	kipittää
French:	courir précipitament
German:	eiliger Gang
Greek:	το βάζω στα πόδια
Hungarian:	(el-, haza-)rohan
Icelandic:	skjótast, hraða sér
Japanese:	あわてて走る

Korean:	서둘러 가다
Latvian:	steigties; mukt
Lithuanian:	spausti, mauti
Norwegian:	fare, pile, vimse, svinse
Polish:	biec drobnymi kroczkami
Portuguese (Brazil):	disparar
Portuguese (Portugal):	apressar-se
Romanian:	a o lua la fugă
Russian:	поспешно бежать
Slovak:	cupitať
Slovenian:	bežati
Spanish:	echar a correr
Swedish:	rusa, kila, skutta
Turkish:	sıvışmak

scuttle [ˈskatl] verb

(of a ship's crew) to make a hole in (the ship) in order to sink it
Example: The sailors scuttled the ship to prevent it falling into enemy hands.

Arabic:	يَثْقُب في ظَهْر السَّفينَه
Chinese (Simplified):	（把船）凿沉
Chinese (Traditional):	(把船)鑿沈
Czech:	potopit
Danish:	sænke
Dutch:	doen zinken
Estonian:	laeva uputama
Finnish:	upottaa
French:	saborder
German:	selbst versenken
Greek:	βουλιάζω καράβι κάνοντας τρύπα
Hungarian:	elsüllyeszt
Icelandic:	gera gat á skipsbotn til að sökkva því
Indonesian:	melubangi kapal

Japanese:	沈める
Korean:	(침몰시키기 위해 배에) 구멍을 뚫다
Latvian:	nogremdēt kuģi
Lithuanian:	prakiurdyti
Norwegian:	bore i senk
Polish:	przedziurawić
Portuguese (Brazil):	arrombar casco de navio
Portuguese (Portugal):	afundar
Romanian:	a saborda
Russian:	затопить судно
Slovak:	potopiť
Slovenian:	(prostovoljno) potopiti
Swedish:	borra i sank
Turkish:	delmek

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Scuttle

Scut"ter\, v. i. [Cf. Scuttle, v. i.] To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng.]

A mangy little jackal . . . cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. --Kipling.

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Scuttle

Scud"dle\, v. i. [Freq. of scud: cf. Scuttle to hurry.] To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

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Scuttle

Scul"ler*y\, n.; pl. Sculleries. [Probably originally, a place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian (see Swill to wash, to drink), but influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan. skylle, or by OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish, F. ['e]cuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf. Scuttle a basket); or perhaps the English word is immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a dishwasher.]

1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.

2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] --Gauden.

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Scuttle

Scu"tel*late\, Scutellated \Scu"tel*la`ted\, a. [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. --Woodward.

2. [See Scutellum.] (Zo["o]l.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.

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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.

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