Scup
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. A marine
sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright
silvery when
swimming in the
daytime, but shows broad
blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee,
paugy,
porgy,
scuppaug.
Scupper
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
The scuppers or scupper holes of a ship, are channels cut through the water ways and sides of a ship at proper distances, and lined with lead for carrying off the water from the deck.
Scupper
[Verb]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
An opening cut through the
waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
A
lethern pipe attached to the mouth of the scuppers of the lower deck of a ship, to prevent the water from entering.
A
nail with a very broad head for covering a large surface of the
hose.
An American
grape, a form of
Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.
