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Lady''s Comb :: Lady's comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb..

Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.

Ground :: Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

Scanted :: Scanted (imp. & p. p.) of Scan.

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

Observantine :: Observantine (n.) One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants..

Saga :: Saga (n.) A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time..

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork..

Suist :: Suigothus (n. pl.) The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths.

Exiguity :: Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

Etruscan :: Etruscan (n.) Of or relating to Etruria.

Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Scant :: Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity.

Oscan :: Oscan (n.) The language of the Osci.

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..

Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc..

Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. t.) To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc..

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.

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