Reverse Dictionary: SCATTER

SCATTER, SCATTERED, SCATTERING

ADJECTIVES
1325 — SUNDERED kept apart; separated, separate; also, divided into parts, severed, scattered
1567 BESPRENT scattered, strewed about
1666 — SCATTERING widely and sparsely distributed; scattered, sparse, occasional → Amer. dial.
1724 FUSE diffuse, spread over a large area, widespread; scattered; widely separated or dispersed (obs.)
1891 — SCAMBLING scattered, irregular → Eng. dial.
1900 DAGGLY scattered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCRAGGLING scattered, straggling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — ALL OF A SCATTER — ALL OF A SCATTERATION widely scattered → Amer. dial.
1996 — ALL OVER EAST JESUS widely scattered, all over the place → Amer. dial. (Bk.)


ADVERBS
1901 — ALL ABROAD lying scattered about → Eng. dial.


NOUNS
1300 — SKAIL a dispersal or separation; a scattering → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1793 — SCALEMENT — SKAILAMINT a scattering, dispersion → Sc.
1827 — SCALE SKAIL anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows → Sc. obs.
1864 — SCAIL SCALE a dispersion, scattering, distribution → Sc.
1895 — SCATTERMENT a scattering; a dispersion → Sc. & Ireland & Amer. dial.
1904 SCALE-BREAK a sudden scattering or dispersion; the noise or commotion made by a dispersing crowd → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 — VILLYAROO confusion, destruction, smithereens, a lost or scattered state → Sc.
1942 SCATTERATION a scattering → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 SPLITMENT a scattering → Amer. sl. (Bk.)


VERBS
..900 — TO-DREVE to drive asunder or apart; to disperse, to separate, to scatter → obs.
..950 — TO-DRIVE to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve → obs.
1000 SPRENGE to scatter; to distribute randomly or irregularly; to disperse → obs.
1200 — SKAIR to scatter, to disperse; to send out in various directions → obs.
1200 — TO-SKAIR to scatter, to disperse → obs.
1300 — SKAIL to scatter or disperse a thing or collection of things → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1300 — TO-WOWE to scatter by blowing → obs.
1387 — TO-SPARPLE to scatter abroad → obs.
1400 STRINKLE to sprinkle, scatter, or strew a surface with something → obs.
1400 — TO-BLOW to blow in different directions, to scatter by blowing, to blow away → obs.
1400 — TO-RAT to break up, to scatter → obs.
1450 — SCARKLE to scatter, disperse → obs.
1500 SPRATTLE to scatter, to disperse → obs.
1722 SPURN to spread or scatter → obs.
1776 — SCALE — SKALE to scatter, to spread about; to waste, to lavish → Sc.
1777 — SCOAD to scatter; to pour, to spill; to throw up earth, as moles → Eng. dial.
1794 — TED to scatter, to strew, to spread abroad; to spill, to dissipate → Sc. 
..19C — BLANDER to scatter sparingly, to disperse in a scanty way → Sc.
1825 — TAMMIL to scatter or strew things about in a careless or offhand manner → Sc. obs.
1844 — WAFF to set in motion, to sweep, to scatter with a flapping or waving motion → Sc.
1881 — SKIVER to scatter, to scurry → Amer. dial.
1887 — SCARTLE — SKARTLE to scatter, to fling about Sc.
1897 — SCALE-SET to separate, to scatter, to disperse → Sc.
1904 SCALE-BREAK to scatter, to disperse → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCART to scatter → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 SCAT to scatter; to fling or throw down; to bespatter (Bk.)
1904 SCAW — SKAW to scatter, to spill → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCRAT to scatter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 SWIDDLE to scatter, to dribble → Amer. dial.
1942 — SKIVER AROUND to scatter, to scurry → Amer. dial.
1952 — SCOUR to scatter; to throw in all directions → Sc.