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▸ noun: A broad, shallow basket.
▸ noun: (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher.
▸ noun: A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
▸ noun: (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
▸ verb: (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
▸ noun: A quick pace; a short run.
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hatchway,
scurry,
scamper,
skitter,
opening,
coal scuttle,
skuttle,
scuttle-butt,
scuttlebutt,
scuttlebug,
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