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.
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Scam"ble, v. t.
To mangle.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
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