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Scup vs Scur - What's the difference?

scup | scur |

As nouns the difference between scup and scur

is that scup is scoop (cup- or bowl-shaped tool) while scur is (veterinary) a distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

As a verb scur is

(intransitive|obsolete|uk|dialect) to move hastily; to scour.

scup

English

(wikipedia scup) (Stenotomus)

Etymology 1

Shortened form of (etyl) The full word was borrowed as scuppaug. (Stenotomus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A fish, ; the porgy.
  • * 1995 , “sheepshead”'', entry in Percy Russell, Anita Williams, ''The Nutrition and Health Dictionary , page 391,
    • A saltwater fish, a cousin of porgies and scups . The sheepshead has large, broad incisor teeth, much like a sheep.
  • * 2006 , Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay , page 276,
    • Scup , in the Bay also called porgy, maiden, and fairmaid, are rather plain-looking fish — dull silver with 12 to 15 indistinct vertical stripes, flecked with light blue on their sides.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 8, author=Brett Martin, title=First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=On a lark, he took a small scup , or porgy, and a stamp pad and demonstrated how to make a print.}}

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) schop.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, dialect) A swing.

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    scur

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (veterinary) A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (intransitive, obsolete, UK, dialect) To move hastily; to scour.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)

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