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Pronunciation : Scut"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill; both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet.]
Definition : 1. A broad, shallow basket.

2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scut"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [For scuddle, fr. scud.]
Definition : Defn: To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. Sir W. Scott.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scut"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A quick pace; a short run. Spectator.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scut"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. escoutille, F. ?scoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escoter to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom- shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom
Definition : 1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. (b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.

2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. Totten.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scut"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913