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scavenge
(encz)
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Scavenge
(gcide)
Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. t.
To cleanse, as streets, from filth. --C. Kingsley.
[1913 Webster]

2. to salvage (usable items or material) from discarded or
waste material.
[PJC]

3. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working
stroke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scavenge
(gcide)
Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. i. (Internal-combustion Engines)
To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working
stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
scavenge
(wn)
scavenge
v 1: clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street"
2: collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the
garbage cans for food" [syn: salvage, scavenge]
3: feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"
4: remove unwanted substances from [syn: scavenge, clean]
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Scavenge
(gcide)
Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. t.
To cleanse, as streets, from filth. --C. Kingsley.
[1913 Webster]

2. to salvage (usable items or material) from discarded or
waste material.
[PJC]

3. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working
stroke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Scavenge \Scav"enge\, v. i. (Internal-combustion Engines)
To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working
stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Scavenger
(gcide)
Scavenger \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.
[1913 Webster]

Scavenger beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds on
decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.

Scavenger crab (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Scavenger beetle
(gcide)
Scavenger \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.
[1913 Webster]

Scavenger beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds on
decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.

Scavenger crab (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Scavenger crab
(gcide)
Scavenger \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.
[1913 Webster]

Scavenger beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds on
decaying substances, as the carrion beetle.

Scavenger crab (Zool.), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Scavenger hunt
(gcide)
Scavenger hunt \Scav"en*ger hunt\, n.
a game in which individuals or teams are given a list of
items and must go out, gather them together without
purchasing them, and bring them back; the first person or
team to return with the complete list is the winner. The
items are sometimes common but often of a humorous sort.
[PJC]