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orbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago.

One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] Saint Andrew's cross

pring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping. J. Ross.

A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.

a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.

An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.

e of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.

To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South

A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.

family Scalaridæ, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]

The dross of metals.

recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the eduction of metallic ores; dross.

strument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.

or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like. Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch glass.Grew. Be mindful, when invention fails., To scratch your head, and bite your nails.Swift.

A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.]

A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross. Some to remove the scum it did rise. Spenser.

Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts. The wretched affectation of scurrile laughter. Cowley. A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court of Charles than father's ancient name. Sir W. Scott.

That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse. Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility. Macaulay.