Category:Scamble

Scam"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scambling.] Etym: [cf. Od. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, Escape, slip, and e. scamper, shamble.]

1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to Sprawl; to shamble. "some scambling shifts." Dr. H. More. "a fine old Hall, but a scambling house." Evelyn.

2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to Scramble. "the scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . Question." Shak.

Scamble Scam"ble, v. t.

Defn: to mangle. [obs.] Mortimer.