n. | 1. | A broad, shallow basket. |
| 2. | A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. |
v. i. | 1. | To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. |
n. | 1. | A quick pace; a short run. |
| 1. | (Naut.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. |
| 2. | The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. |
v. t. | 1. | To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. |
| 2. | To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. |
| 3. | To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; - of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds. |