scully

plural scullies

1. An obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.

   Horned scullies usually are placed in water about 15 feet apart in a line parallel to the beach, with the rails pointing out to sea

   1962, Demolition Materials

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   Draw in both man-made and natural obstacles. Anything that may hinder the proposed landing (e.g., cusps, submerged rocks, partially awash or submerged wrecks, scullies, berm scarps, sandbars, rails, etc.) may be considered an obstacle.

   1974, US Navy SEAL Combat Manual

   Experiments were carried out with placed charges to breach antitank walls, destroy concrete tubes or horned scullies, and fill anti-tank ditches

   2008, Stephen Sussna, Defeat and Triumph: The Story of a Controversial Allied Invasion and French Rebirth

plural Scullys · alternative Sculley

1. A surname from Irish.

alternative Sculley

1. slangtransitiveTo be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom.

   She Scullied me and I'm sure the word “macrobiotics” never made it into my medical file; it's an unexplained disappearance of cancer.

   2015, Denny Waxman, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet, →ISBN

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   When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, "I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me,"

   2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy matters: the art of Buffy the vampire slayer, page 28

   If you feel strongly about Scullying this situation and avoiding anyone who believes in made-up sky magic, that’s your prerogative, but you should know that you’re preemptively x’ing out a LOT of the queer population you might otherwise click with!

   2019 February 19, Rachel, “How to Talk to Your Hot Gay Crush About Astrology When You Don't Believe In It”, in Autostraddle