These are the meanings of the letters CAPEROS when you unscramble them.
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Coarse (superl.)
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
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Coarse (superl.)
Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
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Corpse (n.)
A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously.
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Corpse (n.)
The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
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Escarp (n.)
The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
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Escarp (v. t.)
To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
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Scrape (v. t.)
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
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Scrape (v. t.)
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
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Scrape (v. t.)
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
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Scrape (v. t.)
To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.
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Scrape (v. i.)
To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
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Scrape (v. i.)
To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich.
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Scrape (v. i.)
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
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Scrape (v. i.)
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
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Scrape (n.)
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
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Scrape (n.)
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
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Scrape (n.)
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.