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

SCUT'TLE, n.

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, v.i. To run with affected precipitation.

SCUT'TLE, v.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.

1913 Definition
Scuttle (scuttle)
n.(?)
Scut"tle
[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.
  3. 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.

  4. A quick pace; a short run.
    Spectator.
  5. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
    Specifically: (a) (Naut.)
  6. 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.

  7. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
  8. To sink by making holes through the bottom of] as, to scuttle a ship.

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