Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - scuttle
Scuttle
scuttle
1. n. 1 a receptacle for carrying and holding a small supply of coal. 2 Brit. the part of a motor-car body between the windscreen and the bonnet. Etymology: ME f. ON skutill, OHG scuzzila f. L scutella dish 2. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 scurry; hurry along. 2 run away; flee from danger or difficulty. --n. 1 a hurried gait. 2 a precipitate flight or departure. Etymology: cf. dial. scuddle frequent. of SCUD 3. n. & v. --n. a hole with a lid in a ship's deck or side. --v.tr. let water into (a ship) to sink it, esp. by opening the seacocks. Etymology: ME, perh. f. obs. F escoutille f. Sp. escotilla hatchway dimin. of escota cutting out cloth
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English scutel, from Latin scutella drinking bowl, tray, diminutive of scutra platter Date: 15th century a shallow open basket for carrying something (as grain or garden produce), a metal pail that usually has a bail and a sloped lip and is used especially for carrying coal, II. noun Etymology: Middle English skottell lid of a ~ Date: 15th century a small opening in a wall or roof furnished with a lid: as, a small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a person and with a lid for covering it, a small hole in the side or bottom of a ship fitted with a covering or glazed, a covering that closes a ~, III. transitive verb (~d; scuttling) Date: 1642 to cut a hole through the bottom, deck, or side of (a ship), destroy, wreck, IV. noun Etymology: perhaps blend of scud and shuttle Date: 1623 a quick shuffling pace, a short swift run, V. intransitive verb (~d; scuttling) Date: 1657 scurry ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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