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scrabbling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scrabble \Scrab"ble\ (skr[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrabbled}; p. pr & vb n. {Scrabbling}.] [Freq. of scrape. Cf {Scramble}, {Scrawl}, v. t.] 1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way --Bunyan. 2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. --1. Sam. xxi. 13.
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