Scrawl (?), v. i.
See Crawl.
[Obs.]
Latimer.
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Scrawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrawling.] [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]
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.
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Scrawl, v. i.
To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
Though with a golden pen you scrawl.
Swift.
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Scrawl (?), n.
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.
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