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Scamble
(gcide) | Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. t.
To mangle. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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Scamble
(gcide) | 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. "Some scambling shifts."
--Dr. H. More. "A fine old hall, but a scambling house."
--Evelyn.
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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.
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Scambled
(gcide) | 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. "Some scambling shifts."
--Dr. H. More. "A fine old hall, but a scambling house."
--Evelyn.
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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.
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Scambler
(gcide) | Scambler \Scam"bler\, n.
1. One who scambles.
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2. A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime
visitor. [Scot.]
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Skimble-scamble
(gcide) | Skimble-scamble \Skim"ble-scam`ble\, a. [A reduplication of
scamble.]
Rambling; disorderly; unconnected. [Colloq.]
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Such a deal of skimble-scamble stuff. --Shak.
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