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ntary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture. A dreadfully scrappy dinner. Thackeray.

ith fine recurved prickles along the angles. -- Scratch wig. Same as Scratch, 4, above. Thackeray.

An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. Thackeray.

One who scribles; a literary hack. The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville.

A picture representing a scene at sea. [Jocose] Thackeray.

A preacher; a sermonizer. [Derogative or Jocose.] Thackeray.

Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. Thackeray.

To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray.

An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] Thackeray.

;4 Jib Stay; 5 Fore Topmast Stays; 6 Fore Tacks; 8 Flying Martingale; 9 Martingale Stay, shackled to Dolphin Striker; 10 Jib Guys; 11 Jumper Guys; 12 Back Ropes; 13 Robstays; 14 Flying Jib Boom; 15 Flying Jib Footropes; 16 Jib Boom; 17 Jib Foottropes; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Fore Truck; 20 Fore Royal Mast; 21 Fore Royal Lift;…

To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. Thackeray.

A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.

e given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] Thackeray. -- Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves. -- Silver trout, (Zoöl.) See Trout. -- Silver wedding. See under Wedding. -- Silver whiting (Zoöl.), a marine sci…

a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense. Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. Thackeray.

Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. "Skyey regions." Thackeray. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits. Shelley.

e, quickly; instantly; directly. [Colloq.] "The railroad cars drive slap into the city." Thackeray.

Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] Dickens. Thackeray.

The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray.

See Snicker. Thackeray.

r, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. Thackeray. Essentially vulgar, a snob. -- a gilded snob, but none the less a snob. R. G. White.