scamp

t. [Cf. Prov. Eng. skimping scanty.) [SCANT, a.] To do or execute, as work, in a carele , imperfect or superficial manner, or with bad material. IMG:content-0991.jpg:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] 2. One who intrudes on the table or generosity of another. "A scambler , in its literal sense, is one who goes about among his friends to get a dinner, by the Irish called a cosherer."- Steevens : Notes on Much Ado about Nothing. †scăm-bling, pr . par . & a . [SCAMBLE, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Turbulent, noisy, riotous. " Scambling , out-facing, fashion-mongering boys, That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander." Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , v. 1. scăm-bling-lỹ, adv. [ Eng.scambling: -ly.] In a scambling manner; with turbulence or noise; IMG:content-0992.jpg:[blocks in formation] Naples and Sicily; in 1814-15 they ranged to 150 feet, pulled by forty sweeps or oars, each man having his bunk under his sweep. Scamp a via. They were rigged with one huge lateen at one-third from the stem; no forward bulwark or stem above deck; a long bra 6-pounder gun worked before the mast; only two feet above water; abaft a lateen mizzen with top-sail. ( Smyth .)