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(skth; 277), n.[Icel. skai; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaa, scaa, foe, injurer, OS. skao, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. 'askhqh°s unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v.] Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak. Scathe (sk; 277), Scath (skth; 277)}, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Scathed (skd or sktht); p. pr. & vb. n.Scathing (sk"ng or skth"-).] [Icel. skaa; akin to AS. sceaan, scean, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadn, Goth. skajan.] To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving. スポンサード リンク
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