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steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.] Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand. Spenser.

t is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace. O, what a scandal is it to our crown, That two such noble peers as ye should jar! Shak. [I] have brought scandal To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt In feeble hearts. Milton.

al or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon. I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. Hooker. the congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. Sir W. Sco…

the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker.

In a manner to give offense; shamefully. His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the digmity of his station. Swift.

Quality of being scandalous.

speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.

Climbing.

A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.

Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n.

ans of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44

The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.

Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot.

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment. His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour. Ridley.

In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously. His mind was very scantily stored with materials. Macaulay.

Quality condition of being scanty.

To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. [Obs.] All their pay Must your discretion scantle; keep it back. J. Webster.

A small pattern; a small quantity. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.