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Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.

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  1. v. Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
  2. v. t. To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
  3. 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. 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. Irwing.
  4. Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written alsoscathe.]But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer.Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall theeturn to greatest scath. Spenser.Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treblesatisfaction. Shak.