Scuttle

Scut´tle Pronunciation: skŭt´t'ld

A broad, shallow basket.

A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

v. i.

To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.

With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron.

- Sir W. Scott.

A quick pace; a short run.

(Naut.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.

The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

Scuttle butt
(Naut.) a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. - Totten.

v. t.

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

[imp. & p. p. Scuttled (skŭt"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]

To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

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.

Noun	1.	scuttle - container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire Synonyms: coal scuttle
	2.	scuttle - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship Synonyms: hatchway, opening
Verb	1.	scuttle - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" Synonyms: scamper, scurry, skitter

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