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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scathnoun

    Waste; damage; mischief; depopulation. Scath in Scotland denotes spoil or damage: as, he bears the scath and the scorn. A proverb.

    Etymology: sceað , Saxon.

    She suborned hath
    This crafty messenger, with letters vain,
    To work new woe and unprovided scath. Fairy Queen.

    The ear that budded fair is burnt and blasted,
    And all my hoped gain is turn’d to scath. Edmund Spenser.

    He bore a spiteful mind against king Edward, doing him all the scath that he could, and annoying his territories. Edmund Spenser.

    My proud one doth work the greater scath,
    Through sweet allurement of her lovely hue. Edmund Spenser.

    They placed them in Rhodes, where daily doing great scath to the Turk, the great warrior Soliman, with a mighty army, so overlaid them, that he won the island from them. Richard Knolles.

    Still preserv’d from danger, harm, and scath,
    By many a sea and many an unknown shore. Edward Fairfax.

  2. To SCATHverb

    To waste; to damage; to destroy.

    Etymology: sceaðan, scaðan , Saxon; schaeden, Dut.

    As when heaven’s fire
    Hath scath’d the forest oaks, or mountain pines,
    With singed top their stately growth, though bare,
    Stands on the blasted heath. John Milton, Parad. Lost, b. i.

Wikipedia

  1. scath

    Trigon () is a supervillain published by DC Comics. He is one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe, having enslaved many worlds. He is an adversary of the Teen Titans and the Justice League, the father and arch-enemy of the superhero Raven, and husband of the human Arella. Seamus Dever portrayed the disguised human version of Trigon in the Titans television series, while also voicing his true demonic form.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scath

    harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune

  2. Scathverb

    to do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy

  3. Etymology: [Icel. skai; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaa, scaa, foe, injurer, OS. skao, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. 'askhqh`s unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Scath

    Scathe, skāth, n. damage, injury: waste.—v.t. to injure.—adj. Scathe′ful, destructive.—n. Scathe′fulness, disadvantage: destructiveness.—adj. Scā′thing, damaging; blasting: scorching.—adv. Scā′thingly.—adjs. Scāth′less, without injury; Scā′thy (Scot.), mischievous: dangerous. [A.S. sceathu; Ger. schade, injury.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scath in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scath in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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