SCRAWLS

Noun

scrawls

plural of scrawl

Verb

scrawls

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrawl

Source: Wiktionary


SCRAWL

Scrawl, v. i.

Definition: See Crawl. [Obs.] Latimer.

Scrawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrawling.] Etym: [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]

Definition: To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter. His name, scrawled by himself. Macaulay.

Scrawl, v. i.

Definition: To write unskillfully and inelegantly. Though with a golden pen you scrawl. Swift.

Scrawl, n.

Definition: Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. The left will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible. Arbuthnot. You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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