SCUTTLE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English scutel, from Latin scutella drinking bowl, tray, diminutive of scutra platter Date: 15th century a shallow open basket for carrying something (as grain or garden produce), a metal pail that usually has a bail and a sloped lip and is used especially for carrying coal, II. noun Etymology: Middle English skottell lid of a ~ Date: 15th century a small opening in a wall or roof furnished with a lid: as, a small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a person and with a lid for covering it, a small hole in the side or bottom of a ship fitted with a covering or glazed, a covering that closes a ~, III. transitive verb (~d; scuttling) Date: 1642 to cut a hole through the bottom, deck, or side of (a ship), destroy , wreck , IV. noun Etymology: perhaps blend of scud and shuttle Date: 1623 a quick shuffling pace, a short swift run, V. intransitive verb (~d; scuttling) Date: 1657 scurry