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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. ἀσκηθής unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v.] Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.]

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    But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer.

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    Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,

    Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser.

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    Wherein Rome hath done you any scath,

    Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak.

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 Scathe (skāth; 277), Scath (skăth; 277),  v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed (skāthd or skătht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (skāthˈĭng or skăthˈ-).] [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.

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    As when heaven's fire

    Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton.

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    Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving.

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