Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Scopula

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SCO'PULA. Diminutive of SCOPA. A birch, or hand-brush, of twigs, sometimes myrtle (Columell. xii. 38. 4.), tied together, used for cleansing the interior of small objects, such as wine-jars, &c. Cato, R. R. 26.