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Webster 1913 Edition
Scoop
Scoop
,Noun.
[OE.
scope
, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa
, akin to D. schop
a shovel, G. schüppe
, and also to E. shove
. See Shovel
.] 1.
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
2.
A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything;
as, a flour
. scoop
; the scoop
of a dredging machine3.
(Surg.)
A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
4.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Some had lain in the
scoop
of the rock. J. R. Drake.
5.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
6.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
Scoop net
, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river.
– Scoop wheel
, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum.
1.
To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
He
scooped
the water from the crystal flood. Dryden.
2.
To empty by lading;
as, to
. scoop
a well dry3.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Those carbuncles the Indians will
scoop
, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scoop
SCOOP
,Noun.
1.
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle fastened to a dish, used for dipping liquors; also, a little hollow piece of wood for bailing boats.2.
An instrument of surgery.3.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.SCOOP
, v.t.1.
To lade out; properly, to take out with a scoop or with a sweeping motion.He scoop'd the water from the crystal flood.
2.
To empty by lading; as, he scooped it dry.3.
To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; as, the Indians scoop the trunk of a tree into a canoe.Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint.
4.
To remove, so as to leave a place hollow.A spectator would think this circular mount had been actually scooped out of that hollow space.