screwing machine

A screw-machine (q. v.). †scrib-a-ble, adj. [Lat. scribo to write; Eng. -able.] Capable of being written, or of being written upon. *scri-ba-tious, adj . [SCRIBE.) Skillful in or fond of writing or scribbling. scrib-bět, s. [SCRIBE.] A painter's pencil. *scrib-blage (age as ig), s. [Eng. scribbl(e); -age .] Scribbling. scribble (1), v. t. & i. [English scribe , s.; freq. suff. -le.] A. Transitive : 1. To write hastily, illegibly, or without regard to correctne or elegance; to scrawl. 2. To cover or fill with carele , hasty, or illegible writing; to scrawl over. B. In trans.: To write hastily, carele ly, or without regard to correctne , taste or elegance. "You have been scribbling on a book which is not your own."-Ca ell's Saturday Journal , Sept. 26, 1885.