\Scath\ (sk[a^]th; 277), n. [Icel. ska[eth]i; akin to Dan.
skade, Sw. skada, AS. scea[eth]a, sca[eth]a, foe, injurer,
OS. ska[eth]o, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G.
schade, schaden; cf. Gr. 'askhqh`s unharmed. Cf. {Scathe},
v.]
Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also
{scathe}.]
      But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe.
                                               --Chaucer.
      Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose
      freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. --Spenser.
      Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make
      treble satisfaction.                     --Shak.