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Scoriaceous. Sir T. Browne.

dain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.

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.

Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]

A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also skorodite.]

Of or pertaining to the family Scorpænidæ, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpænid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.

A marine food fish of the genus Scorpæna, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the California species (S. guttata).

Same as Scauper.

A scorpion.

Same as Scorpiones.

Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.

Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.

A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.

Same as Scorpiones.

A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpides) of Southern Europe, having curved pods.

Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs.] And recompensed them with a better scorse. Spenser.

Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd.

An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.