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Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.

Tribute. [R.] "Seizing scatt and treasure." Longfellow.

A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.

Stilts. [Prov. Eng.]

See Skate, for the foot.

Abounding with springs. [Obs.]

Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak.…

To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irwing.

Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak. -- Scath"ful*ness, n.

Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson. He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott.

Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]

oosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. Prior.…

A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]

Giddy; thoughtless.

Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. -- Scat"tered*ly, adv. -- Scat"tered*ness, n.

One who wastes; a spendthrift.

Going or falling in various directions; not united or agregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.

In a scattering manner; dispersedly.

One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond. [Obs.] "Foreign scatterlings." Spenser.

Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. [R.] A pen so scaturient and unretentive. Sir W. Scott.