Scumber

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
Dung; excrement. countable, uncountable, usually
"[…]having no regard of me, and never looking upon me but as the scumber of the world."

Verb

1
To defecate.
"But he that gaines the glory here Muſt ſcumber furtheſt, ſhite moſt clear."
2
To defecate.; of a dog or fox
"Some tyme pei han a siknesse bat pei mowe not pisse and byn ilost therbi, and also whan pei mowe not scombire"

Synonyms

billiting foxshit

Example

"[…]having no regard of me, and never looking upon me but as the scumber of the world."

Etymology

Perhaps Old French escumbrier (“to disencumber”).

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