scribblings
plural of scribbling
Source: Wiktionary
Scrib"bling, n. Etym: [See 1st Scribble.]
Definition: The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.
Scrib"bling, a.
Definition: Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
Scrib"bling, n.
Definition: The act of writing hastily or idly.
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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
