Scrab"ble (?), 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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Scrab"ble, v. t.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
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Scrab"ble, n.
The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
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