Crossword-Solution: SCUP 4 letters, 36 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Ashe; "and I never saw a sole." The soles when they came proved to be nice little pan-fish, not unlike what in New England are called "scup." All the party took kindly to them; but the muffins were a great disappointment, tough and tasteless, with a flavor about them as of scorched flannel.

Uncle Cephas was a shoemaker, and he never went to sea much, only to anchor his skift in the Narrows abreast of his house, and catch a mess of scup, or to pole a load of salt-hay from San-quitt Island.

Etym: [So called from its iridescent colors.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker.

Our deacons were soft-hearted, though horny-handed men, and though they had the poor of their own church and vicinity to look out for, and performed that office well, they decided that Scup Harbor was rich enough to extend a helping hand to New York, since New York was either too poor or too hard-hearted to care for its own.

They might act a play or furnish the music at least." "I will drum up the two circles of King's Daughters at Scup Harbor," I said, "and we will have a useful table, with holders and aprons and dish-wipers; pickles, honey, butter, and preserves.