[Fictionary] SCROOP Definitions

[David Randall]

2 and 1 point guesses, please. Please send by 6PM, Sunday November 9.
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scroop - n. - A block of wood used in sailmaking to flatten cloth. 

scroop - n. - A constellation of symptoms common to elderly sailors, including persistent cough and bending and stiffening of the spine and fingers. A warm poultice is a common folk remedy.

scroop - n. - (Mathematics) A graph in which every two distinct points have exactly one adjacent point in common and there is a cycle of length 5.

scroop - n. - An albino zebra.

scroop - n. - a rasping sound: specifically, the crisp rustle of silk or similar cloth that has been treated with dilute acid.

scroop - n. - In balloon making, a leakproof seam stitch connecting two gores.

scroop - n. - In use from the 1700's to mid 1900's.  A wooden box fitted over a broken leg in which to heal the bone and protect it.  The box is filled with bran, if available, or sawdust, for cushioning and to absorb sweat or blood, and possible infectious humors.

scroop - n. - Metal or stone beads knitted into a scarf and worn across the face so as to warm the in-breath with heat from the previous out-breath.

scroop - n. - The tub of water used to cool a workpiece at an open-hearth forge; slack tub.
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