scathe /ˈskeð/
危害,損傷,損害(vt.)損傷,傷害,痛斥
Scath n. Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.]
But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. --Chaucer.
Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. --Spenser.
Wherein Rome hath done you any scath,
Let him make treble satisfaction. --Shak.
Scathe Scath v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing ] To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
As when heaven's fire
Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. --Milton.
Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. --W. Irving.
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scathe
n : the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm,
hurt]