Adjacent Words
To make one's mannersTo make one's mark
To make one's peace with
To make one's self at home
To make one's self scarce
To make one's self strange
To make one's self understood
To make one's way
To make out
To make over
To make pourparty
To make prize of
To make ready
To make room
To make sail
To make shift
To make ship
To make short boards
To make sternway
To make strange
To make suit to
To make sure
To make terms
To make the best of
To make the cards
To make the doors
To make the heart bleed
To make time
To make up
To make up a face
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Scruple Scru"ple, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of stone, ? a razor, Skr. kshura: cf. F. scrupule.] 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will not bate thee a scruple. --Shak. 3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience. He was made miserable by the conflict between his tastes and his scruples. --Macaulay. To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to scruple. --Locke.
