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Webster 1913 Edition
Scath
Scath
(skăth; 277)
, Noun.
[Icel. ]
skaði
; akin to Dan. skade
, Sw. skada
, AS. sceaða
, scaða
, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo
, D. schade
, harm, injury, OHG. scade
, G. schade
, schaden
; cf. Gr. ἀσκηθήσ
unharmed. Cf. Scathe
, Verb.
Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
[Written also
scathe
.] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was
skathe
. Chaucer.
Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest
scath
. Spenser.
Wherein Rome hath done you any
Let him make treble satisfaction.
scath
,Let him make treble satisfaction.
Shakespeare
{
Scathe
(skāth; 277)
, Scath
(skăth; 277)
, } Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scathed
(skāthd or skătht)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scathing
(skāth′ĭng or skăth′-)
.] [Icel.
skaða
; akin to AS. sceaðan
, sceððan
, Dan. skade
, Sw. skada
, D. & G. schaden
, OHG. scadōn
, Goth. skaþjan
.] To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
As when heaven’s fire
Hath
Hath
scathed
the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton.
Strokes of calamity that
scathe
and scorch the soul. W. Irving.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scath
SCATH
,Verb.
T.
SCATH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
scath
scath
See also: scáth
English
Alternative forms
- scathe, scaith, schath, schathe, schaith (Scotland)
Noun
scath (countable and uncountable, plural scaths)
- (Britain dialectal) Harm or injury (see scathe).
- Shakespeare
- Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, / Let him make treble satisfaction.
- Spenser
- Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, / Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath.
- Lydia H. Sigourney
- Scath and loss / That man can ne'er repair.
- Mary Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam
- He buried in his heart all sense of scath.
- Shakespeare
Verb
scath (third-person singular simple present scaths, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)
- Archaic form of scathe.
- Shakespeare
- This trick may chance to scath you.
- Shakespeare