scuttle
scuttle
v. trans.
A ship: P. διακόπτειν πλοίου ἔδαφος (Dem. 883).
V. intrans. Run away: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδιδράσκειν.
v. trans.
A ship: P. διακόπτειν πλοίου ἔδαφος (Dem. 883).
V. intrans. Run away: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδιδράσκειν.
SCUTTLE
s. A wide shallow basket [Vid: BASKET].
A coal-scuttle *corbis carbonaria
s. A wide shallow basket [Vid: BASKET].
A coal-scuttle *corbis carbonaria
v. perhaps pertundere per fundum (Cato): *(navem) pertundere perforare
scuttle (subs.): perh. *corbis carbonaria.
scuttle (v.): i. e. to bore a hole through the bottom of a ship, and so sink it, *navis fundum perforare, pertundere ac deprimere.