scroistA puzzler. Could it be a noun for scrave_l) v.? But not supported by rhyme? The Lass of the "Sailor's Home." John any inspirations? [check] Have tried to no avail. Blend of _[inc]_ and _scravel_? - sense obvious is of _ROPE_. J.Query APR 11 1979Not usedNot usedQueriedHandwritin
scallop(34) SCALLOP. Devine, 42: a notch, an indentation; also used as a verb. cf. SCOLB, Dinneen,...
scun 1 vused in the peculiar sense of guiding a vessel through the ice on a sealing voyage. It is ...
spanker[ == spinnaker ? sail at after-end of sailing ship] i.e. three-maseted schoonerYesJ. WIDDOSO...
scravel v1. To gather up in great haste. For example: "Let's scravel up the fish befor...
scravel vAnyhow they went in this gulch an' _ an' they scravelled*out of her. ...
scravel vFOLK LANGUAGE: _"Scravel"_ Definition: to rush; to hurry. Context: "scrave...
scravel'I've got to scravel a living.'JH 7/75DNE-citNot usedNot usedWithdrawnother form of scravel v...
withe na piece of rope spliced or otherwise fastened in the shape of a circle which is used to hold...
screed na piece or fragment, seems the same as "shred", the Anglo-Saxon _screade_. Webster gives P...
scurrifungeing vbl nThis word was used by my mother's charwoman, Mrs. Tucker, who comes from St. Ph...
streel v"Streel" means to drag behind you.YesJ. WIDDOSON DNE-citUsed I and SupUsed I and SupNot use...
scrunchins n plOther words, connected with the fishery, are: _scrunchions_ (dregs from cod-oil), _s...
streel v[check] STRONGBACK. Ridge pole, Av. [check] STOG. To stuff, to pack, Av.; cf. [i]Engld. Dia...
withe nThat part of the oar which rests on the rowlock, bound around with thin withes instead of ro...
spraddle_spraddle_ [PT] (to straddle, as in _spraddle-swing_ [PT] - a see-sawYesPRINTED ITEM W.J.K...
scallop(34) SCALLOP. Devine, 42: a notch, an indentation; also used as a verb. cf. SCOLB, Dinneen,...
scun 1 vused in the peculiar sense of guiding a vessel through the ice on a sealing voyage. It is ...
spanker[ == spinnaker ? sail at after-end of sailing ship] i.e. three-maseted schoonerYesJ. WIDDOSO...
scravel v1. To gather up in great haste. For example: "Let's scravel up the fish befor...
scravel vAnyhow they went in this gulch an' _ an' they scravelled*out of her. ...
scravel vFOLK LANGUAGE: _"Scravel"_ Definition: to rush; to hurry. Context: "scrave...
scravel'I've got to scravel a living.'JH 7/75DNE-citNot usedNot usedWithdrawnother form of scravel v...
withe na piece of rope spliced or otherwise fastened in the shape of a circle which is used to hold...
screed na piece or fragment, seems the same as "shred", the Anglo-Saxon _screade_. Webster gives P...
scurrifungeing vbl nThis word was used by my mother's charwoman, Mrs. Tucker, who comes from St. Ph...
streel v"Streel" means to drag behind you.YesJ. WIDDOSON DNE-citUsed I and SupUsed I and SupNot use...
scrunchins n plOther words, connected with the fishery, are: _scrunchions_ (dregs from cod-oil), _s...
streel v[check] STRONGBACK. Ridge pole, Av. [check] STOG. To stuff, to pack, Av.; cf. [i]Engld. Dia...
withe nThat part of the oar which rests on the rowlock, bound around with thin withes instead of ro...
spraddle_spraddle_ [PT] (to straddle, as in _spraddle-swing_ [PT] - a see-sawYesPRINTED ITEM W.J.K...
scallop(34) SCALLOP. Devine, 42: a notch, an indentation; also used as a verb. cf. SCOLB, Dinneen,...
scun 1 vused in the peculiar sense of guiding a vessel through the ice on a sealing voyage. It is ...
spanker[ == spinnaker ? sail at after-end of sailing ship] i.e. three-maseted schoonerYesJ. WIDDOSO...