Definition of Scavinger
Scav"en*ger (?), n. [OE. scavager
an officer with various duties, originally attending to
scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage,
Show, v.] A person whose employment is
to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying
off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours
refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any
beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.
-- Scavenger crab (Zoöl.), any crab
which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. --
Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's
daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W.
Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood
to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet.
Am. Cyc.
Scav"en*ger (?), n. [OE. scavager
an officer with various duties, originally attending to
scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage,
Show, v.] A person whose employment is
to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying
off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours
refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any
beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.
-- Scavenger crab (Zoöl.), any crab
which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. --
Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's
daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W.
Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood
to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet.
Am. Cyc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Obsolete): a street sweeper
- someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things
- an animal that feeds on refuse or carrion
- (chemistry) a substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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