SCRIBBLED

Verb

scribbled

simple past tense and past participle of scribble

Source: Wiktionary


SCRIBBLE

Scrib"ble, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.)

Definition: To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.

Scrib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribling.] Etym: [From Scrible.]

1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.

2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.

Scrib"ble, v. i.

Definition: To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.

Scrib"ble, n.

Definition: Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle. Neither did I but vacant seasons spend In this my scribble. Bunyan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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