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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Scrabble

Scrăb'ble, v. t.

verbtransitive

(skrăb'bl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SCRABBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SCRABBLING.] [Diminutive of scrape. Cf. Prov. Ger. schrapeln, to scratch, scrape, diminutive of schrapen, schraben, id., D. krabbelen, to scrape, to scribble, diminutive of krabben, to scrape, Ger. krabbeln, to grope, crawl.]

  1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to claw along on the hands and knees; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. [Prov. Eng. Collog. U. S.]
  2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.

David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1 Sam. xxi. 13.

Scrāb'ble, v. t.

verbtransitive

To mark with irregular lines or letters; as, to scrabble paper.

Scrab'ble, n.

noun

The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble.