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  • scrambles
    See SCRUMBS
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  • scramble
    [OED idem rare] v. to throw (coins etc.) to a crowd: [children to teacher with candy] Scramble them! (Exuma).
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  • scow
    (Exuma, White); scouch (Eleu., Andros) [cf. W3 scow flat-bottomed boat with square ends; OED scow a small boat made of willows covered with skins]
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  • scorgin' needle, scourger kneel
    See SCONCHER KNEE.
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  • scorpion tail
    [cf. DJE scorpion weed (H. indicum); from shape of flower] n. a plant, Heliotropium parviflorum: 1920 (Britton 363). = HORSE
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  • scorn-the-ground
    [W Car.; "because it never touches the ground" DJE] n, a parasitic plant with long leaves and yellow flowers which lives off
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  • scornful
    [OED, contemptible obs. 1624] adj. 1. repulsive: Dat creature too scornful (Nassau). (Gen.) 2. repulsed: She too scornful to clean up the cascate
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  • score weight
    [cf. DAS score to find a paying customer (prostitute use); to buy or obtain narcotics; weight an ounce of marijuana or heroin (drug
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  • scorchie picker
    [etym?] n. a fish, Eucinostomus sp., with dark markings. (Black)
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  • scorch(ed) conch
     [cf. scorch v. 1] n. conch, made tender by repeated scoring, and eaten raw: 1971 Conch . . . as a salad,
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