scuttle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scuttle	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for scuttle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scuttle n container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire Synonym(s): scuttle, coal scuttle an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship Synonym(s): hatchway, opening, scuttle v to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" Synonym(s): scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scuttle \Scut"tle\, n. A quick pace; a short run. --Spectator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scuttle \Scut"tle\, n. [OF. escoutille, F. [82]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.