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SCUTTLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 519 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCUTTLE , a See also:

term formerly applied to a broad See also:flat dish or platter; it represents the 0. Eng. scutel, cognate with Ger. Schussel, dish, derived from See also:Lat. scutella, a square See also:salver or See also:tray, dim. of scutra, a platter, probably allied to scutum, the large oblong See also:shield, as distinguished from the clypeus, the small See also:round shield. The name survives in the See also:coal-scuttle, styled " purdonium " in See also:English auctioneers' catalogues, which now assumes various forms. " Scuttle " in this sense must be distinguished from the word meaning a small opening in the See also:deck or See also:side of a See also:ship, either forming a hatchway or cut through the covering of the hatchway; from which to "scuttle " a ship means to cut a hole in the bottom so that she sinks. This word is an See also:adaptation of O. Fr. escoutille, mod. ecoutille, from Span. escotilla, dim. of escoti, a sloping cut in a garment about the See also:neck. The See also:Spanish word is cognate with Du. school, Ger. Schoss, See also:lap, bosom, properly the flap or projecting edge of a garment about the neck, 0.

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