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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: scuttle (0.02353 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to scuttle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: scuttle membenamkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scuttle scuttle n 1: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire [syn: coal scuttle] 2: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening] v : to move about or proceed hurriedly; “so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground” [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scuttle Scuttle \Scut"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled (sk[u^]t"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.] 1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. [1913 Webster] 2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds. [PJC] Scuttle \Scut"tle\, n. [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.] 1. A broad, shallow basket. [1913 Webster] 2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. [1913 Webster] Scuttle \Scut"tle\, v. i. [For scuddle, fr. scud.] To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. [1913 Webster] With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Scuttle \Scut"tle\, n. A quick pace; a short run. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] Scuttle \Scut"tle\ (sk[u^]t"t'l), n. [OF. escoutille, F. ['e]scoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escotar 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, G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

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