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Definition of Scabble
1. v. t. See Scapple.
Definition of Scabble
1. Verb. To roughly dress stone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scabble
1. to shape roughly [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scabble
Literary usage of Scabble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases, Civil and Criminal, Argued and Adjudged in the Circuit by United States, John Aldred Hayward, Circuit Court (District of Columbia, George Cochrane Hazelton (1907)
"... the plaintiff was ordered by said superintendents to scabble all the stone
required for said aqueduct, and accompanied said evidence with an effort to ..."
2. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"See scabble, 1. 2, In founding, a blister or swell on the surface of a casting.
... A rough part- Ing. (Barrowman) scabble. 1. To work or shape roughly, ..."
3. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"scabble, va to rough-dress stone with an axe for the purpose, called a '
scabbling-axe.' Scabbling-axe, sb. Vide scabble. ..."
4. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England) (1885)
"197: ' scabble, to rough hew stones by removing the protuberances with a ...
231: ' scabble, to rough dress stone with an axe for the purpose, ..."
5. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England) (1885)
"K; ' scabble, to rough hew stone; '.' removing the protuberances *:. ... Evans,
Leicestershire Gloss., p.:;. ' scabble, to rough dress stone ..."
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