Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrap \Scrap\ (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap
trifle, cracking. See {Scrape}, v. t.]
1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a
fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey.
2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed;
a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out
animal fat; as, pork scraps.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrap \Shrap\, Shrape \Shrape\, n. [Cf. {Scrap}, and {Scrape}.]
A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also
{scrap}.] [Obs.] --Bp. Bedell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scrap
adj : disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {discarded},
{junked}, {scrap(a)}, {waste}]
n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: {bit}, {chip},
{flake}, {fleck}]
2: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold [syn: {end}, {remainder}, {remnant}, {oddment}]
v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
chairs;"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
[syn: {trash}, {junk}]
2: have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the
question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo
fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: {quarrel},
{dispute}, {argufy}, {altercate}]
3: make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell
the parts"
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