Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Scopá-re, v. a.
1. to scourge or whip cr<*>ninals, to whip at the cart's tail; 2. to strike, beat, whip; 3. to sweep, brush, clean with a broom;4. to peregrinate, ramble up and down; 5. to cry down, disparage, disgrace. Avere scopato più d'un cero, to be no fool, to be well versed in the ways of the world. Una scopa chiese, a bigot. — una nave, (naut. t.) to hog a ship;s. m. Scopá-tóre, f. Scopá-tríce; adj. Scopá-nte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
scopare: to sweepe, to beesome. Also to brush. Also to whip, to scourge or beate with a rod or broome. Also to vnden, to vn-kennell or beate out of a corner.