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An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.

Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. v. t. To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usu with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.

tion. Farquhar. He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. G. W. Cable.

Linen scroll (Arch.) See under Linen. -- Scroll chuck (Mach.), an adjustable chuck, applicable to a lathe spindle, for centering and holding work, in which the jaws are adjusted and tightened simultaneously by turning a disk having in its face a spiral groove which is entered by teeth on the backs of the jaws. -- Scr…

votes they were obliged to scrutinize. Ayliffe. Thscrutinized his face the closest. G. W. Cable.

Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable. You season still with sports your serious hours. Dryden. The proper use of wit is to season conversation. Tillotson.

onne. Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece. G. W. Cable.

res and interstices; to ooze. [Scot. & U. S.] Water seeps up through the sidewalks. G. W. Cable.

13. A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable.

To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving. To serve an attachment or a writ of attachment (Law), to levy it on the person or goods by seizure, or to seize. -- To serve an execution (Law), to levy it on a lands, goods,…

Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.

A chain sheet cable.

a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. -- Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. -- Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side…

An engine for hauling the cable used in skidding logs.

Lever. There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish, -- the slavery of caste. G. W. Cable.

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink. To slip a cable. (Naut.) See under Cable. -- To slip off, to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat. -- To slip on, to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown or coat.

Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.

contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. To snub a cable or rope (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. Totten.

e and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. G. W. Cable.

ther. Longfellow. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. G. W. Cable.