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Webster 1913 Edition

Scuttle

Scut′tle

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

Scut′tle

,
Verb.
I.
[For
scuddle
, fr.
scud
.]
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.

Scut′tle

,
Noun.
A quick pace; a short run.
Spectator.

Scut′tle

(skŭt′t’l)
,
Noun.
[OF.
escoutille
, F.
éscoutille
, 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.
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.

Scut′tle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scuttled
(skŭt′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.
2.
To sink by making holes through the bottom of;
as, to
scuttle
a ship
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scuttle

SCUT'TLE

,
Noun.
[L. scutella, a pan or saucer.] A broad shallow basket; so called from its resemblance to a dish.

SCUT'TLE

,
Noun.
1. In ships, a small hatchway or opening in the deck, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it; also, a like hole in the side of a ship, and through the coverings of her hatchways, &c.
2. A square hole in the roof of a house, with a lid.
3. [from scud, and properly scuddle.] A quick pace; a short run.

SCUT'TLE

,
Verb.
I.
To run with affected precipitation.

SCUT'TLE

,
Verb.
T.
[from the noun.]
1. To cut large holes through the bottom or sides of a ship for any purpose.
2. To sink by making holes through the bottom; as, to scuttle a ship.

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