A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal. / Malicious, defamatory. / Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.

(medicine) Computed axial tomography scan.

A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). / (especially Australia) Any member of a similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns. / plural of scampo

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone). / (transitive) To reproach. / (transitive) To disgrace. / (transitive) To libel.

(nautical) To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.

(intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.

(uncountable) The quality of being scanty. / (countable) The result or product of being scanty.

Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.

Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.