scuttle

n 1: for holding coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the

fire [syn: {coal scuttle}]

2: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway

between decks of a ship [syn: {hatchway}, {opening}]

v : to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the

extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to

higher ground." [syn: {scurry}, {scamper}, {skitter}]