Word Meanings - SCURRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.

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• ALONGSIDE
  Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
• SCURRILOUS
  1. Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow. 2. Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous language.
• HURRY-SKURRY
  Confusedly; in a bustle. Gray.
• RABBITRY
  A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.
• RAPIDLY
  In a rapid manner.
• SCURRILITY
  1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak. 2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language;
• HASTENER
  1. One who hastens. 2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
• HASTEN
  To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.
• HURRY
  haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust hurries him on. South. They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak. 2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action;
• ALONGSHORE
  Along the shore or coast.
• ALONG
  and- (akin to OFris. ond-, OHG. ant-, Ger. ent-, Goth. and-, anda-, 1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise. Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden. 2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
• RABBITING
  The hunting of rabbits. T. Hughes.
• ALONGST
  Along.
• SCURRILE
  Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts. The wretched affectation of scurrile laughter. Cowley. A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court
• HURRYINGLY
  In a hurrying manner.
• SCURRIER
  One who scurries.
• ALONGSHOREMAN
  See LONGSHOREMAN
• SCURRIT
  the lesser tern .
• WHURRY
  To whisk along quickly; to hurry. Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. Vicars.
• KALONG
  A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis).
• FRABBIT
  Crabbed; peevish.
• CHASTEN
  chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6.
• CHASTENER
  One who chastens.
• ALALONGA; ALILONGHI
  The tunny. See Albicore.
• ENCHASTEN
  To chasten.
• CHASTENESS
  Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaundy, or affected; as, chasteness of design. (more info) 1. Chastity; purity.