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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scuffle  \Scuf"fle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scuffled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Scuffling}.]  [Freq.  of  scuff,  v.i.;  cf  Sw  skuffa  to 
  push  shove,  skuff  a  push  Dan.  skuffe  a  drawer,  a  shovel, 
  and  E.  shuffle,  shove.  See  {Shove},  and  cf  {Shuffle}.] 
  1.  To  strive  or  struggle  with  a  close  grapple;  to  wrestle  in 
  a  rough  fashion. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  strive  or  contend  tumultuously;  to  struggle 
  confusedly  or  at  haphazard. 
 
  A  gallant  man  had  rather  fight  to  great  disadvantage 
  in  the  field,  in  an  orderly  way  than  scuffle  with 
  an  undisciplined  rabble.  --Eikon 
  Basilike 




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