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scupper(medicine)
scupper(2)(dictionary)
scupper 1, verb(dictionary)
Scupper - Sailing(gambling)
scupper 2, noun(dictionary)
gambling(dictionary)
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Gambling(law)
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Scupper - Sailing (gambling) and heritage (iou)


Scupper - Sailing (gambling)


An opening through the toe rail or gunwale to allow water to drain back into the sea.

heritage (iou)



heritage noun. ME.
[Old French (h)eritage (mod. heritage), from heriter: see HERITABLE, -AGE.]
That which is or may be inherited; fig. the portion allotted to a specified person, group, etc. ME.
Sir W. Scott Lord of a barren heritage. N. Ezekiel God's love remains your heritage.
b. Scots Law (now Hist.). Property consisting of land etc. that devolved on the heir at law as opp. to an executor. E16.
The fact of inheriting; hereditary succession. ME-M16.
A gift which constitutes a proper possession; spec. God's chosen people; the ancient Israelites; the Church. ME.
Bible (AV): 1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over Gods heritage.
Inherited circumstances or benefits. E17.
Lyndon B. Johnson My Texas background or my Southern heritage. J. Brodsky She was carrying the heritage of her predecessors into the Art of this century.
Attrib. & comb.: In the senses 'forming part of a national or cultural heritage', as heritage highway, heritage train, etc.; 'concerned with the Conservation and use of the national or cultural heritage', as heritage group, heritage industry, etc. Special combs., as heritage coast a section of the UK coastline designated as aesthetically or culturally important and therefore protected from development; heritage trail a route linking places of historic interest; World Heritage Site: see WORLD noun.