Index of English words, starting with "sc"

(1) - Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
(2) - Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.
(3) - Scrub (n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.
(4) - Scrub (n.) A worn-out brush.
(5) - Scrub (n.) Something small and mean.
(6) - Scrub (n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
(7) - Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
(8) - Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.

(1) - Scrubbed (a.) Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby.
(2) - Scrubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Scrub

(1) - Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
(2) - Scrubber (n.) One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing.

(1) - Scrubby (superl.) Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.