Scrab"ble, v. t. To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble;
as, to scrabble paper.
Scrab"ble, n. The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees;
a scramble; also, a scribble.
Scra"ber (?), n. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Zoöl.) (a) The Manx shearwater. (b)
The black guillemot.
Scraf"fle (skrf"f'l), v. i. [See Scramble: cf. OD. schraeffelen to
scrape.] To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Scrag (skrg), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. skraka a great dry tree, a long, lean
man, Gael. sgreagach dry, shriveled, rocky. See Shrink, and cf. Scrog,
Shrag, n.] 1. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially,
a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.
Lady MacScrew, who . . . serves up a scrag of mutton on silver.
Thackeray.