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■ noun
1》 a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.
2》 Brit. the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet.
Origin
OE scutel 'dish, platter', from ON skutill , from L. scutella 'dish'.
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■ verb run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
■ noun an act or sound of scuttling.
Origin
C15: cf. dialect scuddle , frequentative of scud .
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~ 3
■ verb
1》 sink (one's own ship) deliberately.
2》 deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail.
■ noun an opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side.
Origin
C15 (asnoun): perh. from OFr. escoutille , from the Sp. dimin. escotilla 'hatchway'.