scupper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scupper	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scupper n drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard v wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait] put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Synonym(s): queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.