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Definition of Scuttled
1. scuttle [v] - See also: scuttle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuttled
Literary usage of Scuttled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The St. Paul first took fire at Detour, where the River St. Mary enters Lake
Huron, nnd bad to be scuttled and sunk. She was then raised, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"It being impossible to get them out of the harbor, they were scuttled, and were
also fired. The frigate Cumberland was towed out by the steam-tug Yankee. ..."
3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"Last Thursday, a barge was seen in the East River, sounding the channel, where
it is obstructed by scuttled vessels; but she soon made off. in consequence, ..."
4. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... where it is obstructed by scuttled vessels; but she soon made off, in consequence,
it is supposed, of observing our people at the main fort, ..."
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