Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An erroneous spelling of
scathe .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
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- noun
Harm orinjury (seescathe ). - verb Archaic form of
scathe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The largest such site, Rate MyProfessors. com, currently has 207,000 evaluations of teachers at 4,000 colleges in the United States, including several scath-ing reviews of one apparently soporific professor at the University of Delaware.
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He is in MY domain: therein shall he receive no scath!
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I heard a scath - ing murmur at my ear, ‘Heap of muffs -- go to.’
Heart of Darkness 1960
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Suddenly the manager's boy put his insolent black head in the doorway, and said in a tone of scath - ing contempt:
Heart of Darkness 1960
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We don't find Achilles any the less interesting because we doubt the ability of any degenerate modern to calmly destroy such outnumbering hosts of his fellow beings, and send such a throng of warrior souls to hades without scath or scar to his invulnerable self.
The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath
Quotations 1919
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Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath
Quotations 1919
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Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath
Quotations 1919
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"Alack, and my lute hath taken sore scath of a sword-thrust!"
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"How is a man to take aim with these fool's toys, and how can he hope to do scath with them?"
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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