Definition of scrap lumber:
°A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
°Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
"I will not bate thee a scruple. Shak."
°To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
°To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
"Others long before them ... scrupled more the books of hereties than of gentiles. - John Milton."
Definition of scrap lumber:
°A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
°Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
"I will not bate thee a scruple. Shak."
°To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
°To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
"Others long before them ... scrupled more the books of hereties than of gentiles. - John Milton."