scrawl
noun
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L327291 on Wikidata ↗verb
- write untidily
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skɹɔːl/ / /skɹoːl/ / /skɹɔl/
noun
Etymology: Possibly from Middle English scraulen (“to spread out one's limbs; sprawl”), itself an alteration of spraulen (“to sprawl”) or craulen, crawlen (“to crawl”). Alternatively, from scrall, a contraction of scrabble.
- Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
- A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
- Writing that lacks literary merit.
- A broken branch of a tree.
- The young of the dog-crab.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English scraulen (“to crawl”), itself an alteration of crawlen (“to crawl”). More at crawl.
- To creep; crawl; to move slowly, with difficulty, fearfully, or stealthily.
“we will scrape and scrawl, and catch and pull to us all that we may get”
“When I saw him scrawlen on the plain, My heart aw flacker'd for't, I was sae fain.”