the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Scoop
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival).
(2):
(n.) To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
(3):
(n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
(4):
(n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
(5):
(n.) A beat.
(6):
(n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
(7):
(n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
(8):
(n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
(9):
(n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
(10):
(n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
(11):
(n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scoop'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scoop.html. 1828.
