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One who, or that which, runs; a racer.

Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. W. Irving.

sharp-built vessel, with two topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vesels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vesels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three…

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. Shak. The writer better scrivener than clerk. Fuller.

A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Carlyle.

One who, or that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.

One who fishes with a seine.

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

A bright piece of money. [Slang] Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote. black eye.

Owner of a ship or ships.

One who, or that which, shortens.

One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.

To act as a sinner. [Humorous] Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Pope.

A woman who sins. [Obs.]

One who skins.

A bannerlike stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish color and extending horizontally for several miles across the sky.

One who, or that which, softens. [Written also, less properly, softner.]

See Softener.