scuttle

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Nautical, a small hatchway or opening in the deck, with a lid for covering it; also, a like hole in the side of a ship, or through the coverings of her hatchways; by extension, a hole in general.
• noun A square hole in the wall or roof of a house, covered with a lid; also, the lid that covers such an opening.
• Naut, to cut holes through the bottom or sides of (a ship) for any purpose; specifically, to sink by making holes through the bottom.
• To run hurriedly, or with short, hurried steps; hurry.
• noun A quick pace; a short, hurried run; a mincing, affected gait.
• noun A broad, shallow dish; a platter. Compare scuttle-dish.
• noun A deep vessel of sheet-iron, copper, or brass, used for holding coal in small amounts; a coal-scuttle or coal-hod. See coal-scuttle.
• noun A swabber used for cleaning a bakers' oven.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A broad, shallow basket.
• noun A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
• intransitive verb To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
• transitive verb To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
• transitive verb To sink by making holes through the bottom of.
• transitive verb To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes.
• noun A quick pace; a short run.
• noun A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
• noun (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
• noun An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
• noun The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
• noun (Naut.) a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb intransitive To move hastily, to scurry
• noun A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
• verb transitive To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
• verb by extension Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.
• noun A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
• noun construction A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
• noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
• noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire