or scorf, verb. (nautical).—1. To eat: also as subs. = food. [Cf. Scots’ scaff = food of any kind.]
1900. FLYNT, Tramping with Tramps, 251. SCOFF ’S always more plenty than money.
1901. W. S. WALKER, In the Blood, iv. ‘Those birds kill snakes do they?’… ‘Rather…. They goes down themselves and SCOFFS them.’
2. (American).—To run away; TO SKEDADDLE (q.v.): also TO SCOFF (or SCUFF) AWAY.
