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Webster 1913 Edition
Scamper
Scam′per
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scampered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scampering
.] [OF. , ]
escamper
to escape, to save one’s self; L. ex
from + campus
the field (sc. of battle). See Camp
, and cf. Decamp
, Scamp
, Noun.
Shamble
, Verb.
T.
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.
Macaulay.
The lady, however, . . . could not help
scampering
about the room after a mouse. S. Sharpe.
Scam′per
,Noun.
A scampering; a hasty flight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scamper
SCAMP'ER
,Verb.
I.
To run with speed; to hasten escape.