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The first appearance of dawn; day-break. ( Scotch.) scrăm-ble, v. i. & t. [A nasalized form of scrab ble or scrapple (q. v.).] A. Intransitive : 1. To climb or move along with the hands and knees; to move on all-fours. "Scrambling through the legs of them that were about him."-Sidney: Arcadia , bk. ii. 2. To seize or catch at anything eagerly and tu. multuously with the hands; to catch at things with haste in order to anticipate another; to strive tumultuously or roughly for the po e ion of any. thing. "They must have scrambled with the wild beasts for crabs and nuts." -Ray : On the Creation. B. Trans.: To collect or gather together hurriedly or confusedly; to do in a hurried, random fashion. (Often followed by up .) scrăm-ble, s. [SCRAMBLE, v.] 1. The act of scrambling or clambering on all-fours. 2. An eager, rough, or unruly contest for something, in which each endeavors to seize or get it be fore others; a rough or unceremonious struggle for something.