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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribble  \Scrib"ble\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scribbled}  (-b'ld); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Scribbling}  (-bl[i^]ng).]  [From  {Scribe}.] 
  1.  To  write  hastily  or  carelessly,  without  regard  to 
  correctness  or  elegance;  as  to  scribble  a  letter. 
 
  2.  To  fill  or  cover  with  careless  or  worthless  writing. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribbling  \Scrib"bling\,  n.  [See  1st  {Scribble}.] 
  The  act  or  process  of  carding  coarsely. 
 
  {Scribbling  machine},  the  machine  used  for  the  first  carding 
  of  wool  or  other  fiber;  --  called  also  {scribbler}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribbling  \Scrib"bling\,  a. 
  Writing  hastily  or  poorly. 
 
  Ye  newspaper  witlings!  ye  pert  scribbling  folks! 
  --Goldsmith. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribbling  \Scrib"bling\,  n. 
  The  act  of  writing  hastily  or  idly. 




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