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Sabicu
- noun - the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany
- West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
Scarce
- adjective - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
- only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
- unusual, rare
Scatch
- - A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Sconce
- noun - a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
- a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
- A forfeit paid in the form of ale or drinking ale
- a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
Scorch
- noun - a discoloration caused by heat
- a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues
- a surface burn
- become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
- become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
- destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
- make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
Scotch
- adjective - a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a small cut or score into
- of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen ph
Scutch
- - To beat or whip; to drub.
Seance
- noun - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"