Vocabulary : Scumming to Scurff

Scumming : of Scum ;; The act of taking off scum. ;; That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Scummy : Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.
Scunner : To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. ;; To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance. ;; A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one.
Scup : A swing. ;; A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
Scuppaug : See 2d Scup.

Scupper : An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
Scuppernong : An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.
Scur : To move hastily; to scour.
Scurf : Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. ;; Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. ;; Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. ;; Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
Scurff : The bull trout.

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