(n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
(n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
(n.) A steep descent or declivity.
(v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
Example Sentences:
(1) This beach is overlooked by a cluster of crofts and cottages with views across the Atlantic to the uninhabited island of Scarp.
(2) The semi-rural suburb, nestled halfway up the Darling Scarp, about a 45-minute drive from the centre of Perth, Western Australia, is one of the major population centres of the electorate of Canning, which will go to the polls on 19 September in a byelection triggered by the sudden death of its longstanding and popular Liberal MP Don Randall .
(3) The effect of the steroid hormones in decreasing the phosphorylation of SCARP was specific for their respective target tissues.
(4) This protein, designated SCARP (steroid and cyclic adenosine 3':5' monophosphate regulated phosphoprotein), was estimated to have an apparent molecular phoprotein), was estimated to have an apparent molecular weight of 54,000 in the gel electrophoresis system used.
(5) A protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, abolished the effect of the steroid hormones, but not that of cAMP, on the endogenous phosphorylation of SCARP.
(6) Numerical results were generated for two models: a linear fault scarp on the seafloor, and a flat seafloor containing a rectangular channel.
(7) The effect of 17beta-estradiol and of testosterone on SCARP could be observed as early as two hours after a single dose of the steroid.
(8) The results suggest that steroid hormones regulate either the amount of SCARP or its ability to become phosphorylated.
(9) Any walk that follows the top of a scarp is good, but the section of the Cotswold Way overlooking Cheltenham has to be one of the best, with open views and a limestone upland nature reserve.
(10) Scarpe, the vestibular nuclei, the vasomotor centre and the nuclei of n. vagus.
(11) From this, we conclude that the RSL are generated by water interacting with perchlorates, forming a brine that flows downhill.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest These channels, which are between 1 metre and 10 metres wide, are on a scarp in the Hellas impact basin.
Scrap
Definition:
(v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
(v. t.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
(v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
(v. t.) Same as Scrap iron, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is a moment to be grateful for what remains of Labour's hard left: an amendment to scrap the cap was at least tabled by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn but stood no chance.
(2) As calls grew to establish why nobody stepped in to save Daniel, it was also revealed that the boy's headteacher – who saw him scavenging for scraps – has not been disciplined and has been put in charge of a bigger school.
(3) That means scrapping David Cameron’s unqualified teacher policy, which has produced a 16% increase in the number of unqualified teachers in our schools.
(4) Across a dusty lot sits a heap of scrap metal, patrolled by a couple of emaciated dogs, while a toddler squats in the street, examining the sole of a discarded shoe.
(5) Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, confirmed in his first media policy speech yesterday that Labour's plan for independently financed news consortiums would be scrapped .
(6) The prison suicide rate, at 120 deaths per 100,000 people, is about 10 times higher than the rate in the general population.” The report calls for a recently revised incentives and earned privileges regime to be scrapped and for an undertaking that prisoners with mental health problems or at known risk of suicide should never be placed in solitary.
(7) "They don't go to secondary school – they go out scrapping with horses and carts, and make a living from collecting metal.
(8) Clegg has called for a faster process towards increasing the personal tax allowance to £10,000, and the Treasury chief secretary, Danny Alexander, wants higher rate tax relief on pensions to be scrapped.
(9) In the interview, he also pledged to scrap the 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products, known as the “tampon tax”.
(10) We’ve sent out all the boards and there’s still loads of people flooding in, we don’t know what to do.’ It happened in Leeds North West, too – they started the day, they had so many activists that they went: ‘Right, let’s scrap our whole strategy, we’re going to just print off the electoral register instead’ – and rather than focusing on likely Labour voters, which is what you would normally do, they knocked on all the doors on the electoral register – that’s unheard of.” The seat saw a 14% swing to Labour, overturning a Lib Dem majority of almost 3,000 and replacing it with a 4,000 Labour lead.
(11) Wang Yongchen, who runs Green Earth Volunteers, one of China’s oldest environmental groups, cautioned that while the decision to scrap plans for dams on the Nu was a significant triumph, it was not necessarily a permanent one.
(12) Service providers say they will have no choice except to charge patients a co-payment for services such as blood tests after the federal government announced in its budget update that it would scrap incentives for pathology services, and reduce bulk billing incentives from 15% of the Medicare benefits schedule fee to 10% for diagnostics.
(13) The Times editor, James Harding, recently decided to revive the supplement following reader complaints at his decision to scrap it seven months earlier .
(14) Japan scrapped its original plan for the national stadium last month in the face of widespread outrage after costs ballooned to £1.34bn ($2.1bn), nearly twice the original estimates – an unusual move for an Olympic host city this late in the process.
(15) Time to scrap all honours everywhere, including UK.” Australians had their chance to ditch the monarchy in 1999.
(16) Scrapping the tax cuts for the wealthy alone would be enough to make up for the shortfall in social security; scrapping them entirely would halt the rise in the national debt over the next decade.
(17) The following summer, the coastal city Qidong scrapped a pipeline plan after about a thousand protesters stormed government offices and overturned cars.
(18) Mention of discrimination on the basis of categories such as ethnicity, migration status, culture, economic situation or age as a protected status were also scrapped from the document, in an attempt to appease the African and Arab groups.
(19) The announcement will mean scrapping a review process set up by Labor in October 2012 to examine the cases of 55 mostly Tamil refugees, deemed to be a threat by Asio.
(20) In his only specific growth measure, he said Britain's planning laws would have to be scrapped so more housing could be built, vowing to scrap "the suffocating bureaucracy" that he said was holding economic growth back.