A ruddy storm, whose scowl Made heaven's radiant face look foul.
Crashaw.
Scowl"ing*ly, adv. In a scowling manner.
Scrab"bed eggs` (?). [CF. Scramble.] A Lenten dish, composed of eggs
boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper.
Halliwell.
Scrab"ble (skrb"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Scrabbling (?).] [Freq. of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.] 1.
To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with
the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made
shift to scrabble on his way.
Bunyan.
2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to
scrawl.
David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate.