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Webster 1913 Edition
Scamble
Scam′ble
,Verb.
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.
Scam′ble
,Verb.
T.
To mangle.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scamble
SCAM'BLE
, v.i.1.
To stir quick; to be busy; to scramble; to be bold or turbulent.2.
To shift awkwardly.SCAM'BLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
scamble
scamble
English
Verb
scamble (third-person singular simple present scambles, present participle scambling, simple past and past participle scambled)
- (intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
- "Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […] "
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:
- (intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.
- 1596, Shakespeare, King John, act IV scene III
- (transitive) To mangle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)