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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrawl \Scrawl\, v. i. See {Crawl}. [Obs.] --Latimer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrawl \Scrawl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrawled}; p. pr & vb n. {Scrawling}.] [Probably corrupted from scrabble.] To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as to scrawl a letter. His name scrawled by himself. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrawl \Scrawl\, v. i. To write unskillfully and inelegantly. Though with a golden pen you scrawl. --Swift. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrawl \Scrawl\ (skr[add]l), n. Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible. --Arbuthnot. You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you --Gray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scrawl n : poor handwriting [syn: {scribble}, {scratch}, {cacography}] v : write carelessly [syn: {scribble}]
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