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260 Scudder. See Skitter. Scuffler. An agricultural implement for breaking up the clods after ploughing. Callington. Scule^ Scool, or School. A shoal or large body of fish swimming together. Scullions. Onions. T.w.s. Scute. The metal shield (scutum, Latin) of the heel or toe of a boot or shoe. Sea-adder. The pipe-fish. Seam oi* Zeam. A cart or wagon-load of hay, manure, &c. Seam of tin. A horse load, viz : two small sacks of black tin. Pryce, Searge. A sieve. Pryce. Seech, or Sych. Seech, "the rush of sea waves inundating the streets at high tides." Bond's Hist of Looe. Sych, "the edge or foaming border of a wave as it runs up a harbour, or on the land." Couch. Lhuyd says that in the Armoric language gulab a sych means, wet and dry. Sech or Sych, dry, in Celtic Cornish. Seed-lup, or Seed-lip. A sower's box or basket for holding the seed while sowing. Seine, or Sean. A pilchard net many hundreds of feet long. See Stop net.