scam

v. t. To mangle. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who scambles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scamilli [ L., originally, a little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool. ] (Arch.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. (Zool.) The female bar-tailed godwit. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare [ “Tempest, ” ii. 2 ] is not known. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. scammonée, L. scammonia, scammonea, Gr. skammwni`a. ] 1. (Bot.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (Convolvulus Scammonia). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See Scamper. ] A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]