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scamble

scamble


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scamble  \Scam"ble\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scambled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Scambling}.]  [Cf.  OD  schampelen  to  deviate,  to  slip, 
  schampen  to  go  away  escape,  slip,  and  E.  scamper,  shamble.] 
  1.  To  move  awkwardly;  to  be  shuffling,  irregular,  or 
  unsteady;  to  sprawl;  to  shamble.  ``Some  scambling 
  shifts.''  --Dr.  H.  More  ``A  fine  old  hall,  but  a 
  scambling  house.''  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  To  move  about  pushing  and  jostling;  to  be  rude  and 
  turbulent;  to  scramble.  ``The  scambling  and  unquiet  time 
  did  push  it  out  of  .  .  .  question.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scamble  \Scam"ble\,  v.  t. 
  To  mangle.  [Obs.]  --Mortimer.