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Webster 1913 Edition
Scrabble
Scrab′ble
(skrăb′b’l)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scrabbled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scrabbling
.] 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 treeNow 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.
Scrab′ble
,Verb.
T.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble;
as, to
. scrabble
paperScrab′ble
,Noun.
The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scrabble
SCRAB'BLE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To scrape, paw or scratch with the hands; to move along on the hands and knees by clawing with the hands; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. [a word in common popular use in New England, but not elegant.]2.
To make irregular or crooked marks; as, children scrabble when they begin to write; hence, to make irregular and unmeaning marks.David - scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1Sam. 21.
SCRAB'BLE
,Verb.
T.