Definitions
1.nounA weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
2.noun(by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
3.nounA doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
4.nounHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
5.nounA Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
6.verbTo hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
7.verbTo excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
8.verbTo regard with suspicion; to question.
9.verbTo question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question."I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon."