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scrambling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scramble  \Scram"ble\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scrambled};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Scrambling}.]  [Freq.  of  Prov.  E.  scramb  to  rake 
  together  with  the  hands,  or  of  scramp  to  snatch  at  cf 
  {Scrabble}.] 
  1.  To  clamber  with  hands  and  knees;  to  scrabble;  as  to 
  scramble  up  a  cliff;  to  scramble  over  the  rocks. 
 
  2.  To  struggle  eagerly  with  others  for  something  thrown  upon 
  the  ground;  to  go  down  upon  all  fours  to  seize  something 
  to  catch  rudely  at  what  is  desired. 
 
  Of  other  care  they  little  reckoning  make  Than  how 
  to  scramble  at  the  shearer's  feast.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrambling  \Scram"bling\,  a. 
  Confused  and  irregular;  awkward;  scambling.  -- 
  {Scram"bling*ly},  adv 
 
  A  huge  old  scrambling  bedroom.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 




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