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 259 Scrowl. ^'When a lode is interrupted and cut off by a cross-gossan, it may sometimes be found again by the tendency of some loose stones of the true lode in the body of the gossan, i.e., a scrowl^ Pryce. Scrowling. Scratching. Scrouge^ Scrudge^ or Scrooge. To squeeze, as in a crowd, to crowd together, (scruze, squeeze out, press out. Spenser.) " We cud haardly scrouge room for to stond in the fair." ScrufF. Dandriff. See Rummet. ScrufF. The nape of the neck. The scrag. Sruflf. V. To scuffle, to struggle. "We scruiFed to- gether." Scruffy. Rough and scaly. Scruffy-head. A head full of dandriff. A term also of contempt, "old scruffy-head." Scrumped, or Scrumped up. The same as shrumped^ and rumped. Q.V. In Celtic Cornish we have the word scruth meaning, a shiver. Scry. "• The report of the approach of a body of fish, as pilchards. Leland. c. In Celtic Cornish we have scrymba, an outcry. Scub-maw A " mess " of food," anything not cooked in an orthodox manner. Scraps, pieces, orts. Q.V. Scud. To spill, see Scoad; to crust over as does a sore. To scud OVer. To scab over. Scud. The dry crust or scab of a sore.