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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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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.
A
broad, shallow basket.
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a
coal hod.
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. A quick pace; a short
run.
Spectator. A small opening in
an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
Specifically:
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. To cut a hole or holes
through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any
purpose.
To sink by making holes through the bottom
of] as, to scuttle a ship.
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