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scrap

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  1. discard               
 
1. scrap \'skrap\ n [ME, fr. ON skrap scraps; akin to ON skrapa to scrape] 
   pl  1: fragments of discarded or leftover food  2a: a small detached piece 
   : BIT {~ of paper}  2b: a fragment of something written or printed  2c: the 
   least piece {not a ~ of evidence}  pl  3: CRACKLINGS  4a: fragments of 
   stock removed in manufacturing  4b: manufactured articles or parts rejected 
   or discarded and useful only as  material for reprocessing
2. scrap vt or scrapped;  or scrap.ping 1: to make into scrap {~ a 
   battleship}  2: to abandon or get rid of as no longer of enough worth or 
   effectiveness  to retain {~ outworn methods}
3. scrap n [origin unknown] : FIGHT 
4. scrap vi or scrapped;  or scrap.ping : QUARREL, FIGHT