I.the tongue or tenon of a dovetail: “subscudes appellantur cuneatae tabellae, quibus tabulae inter se configuntur, quia, quo eae immittuntur, succuditur,” Fest. p. 306 Müll.: nec ulla subscus cohibet compagem alvei, Pac. ap. Fest. l. l. (Trag. Rel. v. 250 Rib.): terebratus multum sit et subscudes additae, Plaut. ib.; Cato, R. R. 18, 9; Vitr. 4, 7; 10, 6; 10, 10.—Plur.: “subscudibus et catenis uncis retentari,” Arn. 6, 16.—Collat. form of plur. subscudines, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 27.
subscūs , ūdis, f. sub-cudo,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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