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De - Pt| English Dictionary: scamble | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for scamble | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. t. To mangle. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scamble \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. [bd]Some scambling shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn. 2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak. | |
