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t. [Icel. skúta, skúti =a taunt.] To sneer at, to ridicule; to treat with contempt and disdain, to reject with scorn. 225 chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-1061.png:[blocks in formation] "A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heav'n's radiant face look foul." Crashaw: Delights of the Muses. scowl-ing, pr. par. or a. [SCOWL, v.] scowl-ing-ly, adv. [Eng- scowling; -ly.] In a scowling manner; with a scowl. *scrab, s . [CRAB (2).] A crab-tree apple. scrab, v. i. or t. [SCRABBLE, v.] To scratch, to claw. (Prov. Eng.) scrăbbed, pa. par. or a. [SCRAB, v.] scrabbed-eggs, s . pl . A lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and mixed with a seasoning of butter, salt, and pepper. ( Hall i well .) [SCRAMBLED-EGGS.] scrăb-ble, v. i. & t. [For scrapple, frequent. of scrape (q. v.).] [SCRAMBLE, v.] A. Intransitive : 1. To make irregular or unmeaning marks; to scrawl, to scribble. "[David]. 1 Samuel xxi. 18. scrabbled on the doors of the gate." 2. To scrape or scratch with the hands; to move along on the hands and knees; to scramble. "Little faith made shift to scrabble on his way."-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. 3. To scramble. "They have thrown it amongst the women to scrabble for."- Vanburgh : Provoked Wife , iii. B. Trans.: To make irregular or unmeaning marks on; to scribble on or over. scrăb-ble, s . [SCRABBLE, v.] 1. A scribble, a scrawl. IMG:content-1062.png:[blocks in formation] ch. xviii. "He'll come to be scragged."- Dickens: Oliver Twist, scrăgged, a. [Eng.scrag; -ed.] 1. Rough, uneven; full of protuberances or asper ities; rugged, scraggy. "Our imagination can strip it of its muscles and skin, and show us the scragged and knotty back-bone."- Bent ley: Sermons. 2. Lean with roughne . scrăg-gěd-ne , subst. [Eng. scragged; -ne .] The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggine ; leanne with roughne ; ruggedne , unevenne . scrăg'-gi-lý, adv . [English scraggy; -ly. In a scraggy manner; with roughne and leanne . scrăg'-gi-ne , s. [English scraggy; -ne .) The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedne . *scrăg'-gling, a. [Eng.scrag; -ling .] Scraggy. "A lean, scraggling , starved creature."- Adams : Works, 1. 124. scrăg'-gy, *skrag-gie, adj . [Cf. scrag , s. and scrog a stunted bush; Sw. dial. skraka a great dry tree a long, lean man. Scraggy is for scrakky, from Norw. skrakk, pa. t. of skrakka = to shrink. ( Skeat.).] 1. Lean, thin, shriveled, bony. 2. Rough, with irregular points; rugged, scragged. scrāich, scraigh ( ch , gh guttural), v . i. [Gael. sgreach, sgreuch to screech (q. v.).] To scream hoarsely: to screech, to shriek; to utter a shrill cry, as a fowl, . ( Scotch .)