Scath (skăth; 277), n. [Icel.
skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS.
sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS.
skaðo, 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 (skā&thlig;; 277), Scath
(skăth; 277) }, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Scathed (skā&thlig;d or skătht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing
(skā&thlig;"&ibreve;ng or skăth"-).] [Icel.
skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan,
sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G.
schaden, OHG. scadōn, Goth. skaþjan.]
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.
Scath (skăth; 277), n. [Icel.
skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS.
sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS.
skaðo, 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 (skā&thlig;; 277), Scath
(skăth; 277) }, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Scathed (skā&thlig;d or skătht);
p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing
(skā&thlig;"&ibreve;ng or skăth"-).] [Icel.
skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan,
sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G.
schaden, OHG. scadōn, Goth. skaþjan.]
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.
