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scavenger(1) (iou) and Michigan, University of (sh)


scavenger(1) (iou)



scavenger noun. M16.
[Alt. of SCAVAGER from Anglo-Norman scawager, from scawage: see SCAVAGE noun, -ER1. For the intrusive noun cf. harbinger, messenger, etc.]
Hist.
a. = SCAVAGER. M16.
b. An official in the East India Company. E18.
a. A person employed to clean streets. M16.
b. fig. A person who does corrupt or disgusting work; a dishonourable person. M16.
c. A thing, esp. an animal, that feeds on carrion or refuse. Now also, a phagocytic cell. L16.
A person who collects discarded things, esp. for reuse; spec. (Hist.) a child employed in a spinning-mill to collect loose cotton lying about the floor or machinery. M19.
Chemistry. A substance or species which scavenges (sense 4b) free radicals or Other species. M20.
Comb.: scavenger cell = PHAGOCYTE noun.; scavenger hunt a game in which people try to collect certain miscellaneous objects, usu. Outdoors over a wide area; Scavenger's daughter = SKEVINGTON's daughter.
scavengery noun arrangements for cleaning streets and removing refuse etc.; the action of collecting and removing dirt: M17.

Michigan, University of (sh)




U.S. state university with its main campus in Ann Arbor and branch campuses in Flint and Dearborn.

It originated as a preparatory school in Detroit in 1817 and moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. Today it is one of the nation's leading research universities, consisting of a college of literature, science, and the arts and numerous graduate and professional schools. Special facilities include a nuclear reactor, a hospital complex, an aerospace engineering laboratory, a Great Lakes research centre, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.