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Webster's 1828 DictionarySCUP'PER, n. The scuppers or scupper holes of a ship, are channels cut through the water ways and sides of a ship at proper distances, and lined with lead for carrying off the water from the deck. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionary1. n. a hole in a ship's side to carry off water from the deck. Etymology: ME (perh. f. AF) f. OF escopir f. Rmc skuppire (unrecorded) to spit: orig. imit. 2. v.tr. Brit. sl. 1 sink (a ship or its crew). 2 defeat or ruin (a plan etc.). 3 kill. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. Webster's 1913 DictionaryScupper Scup"per, n. [OF. escopir, escupir, to spit, perhaps for escospir, L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con- + spuere to spit. Cf. Spit, v.] (Naut.) An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary(scuppers, scuppering, scuppered) To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil it completely. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM) If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans... VERB: V n |