2. Noun. Pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scabbling
1. scabble [v] - See also: scabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scabbling
Literary usage of Scabbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"scabbling-axe, sb. Vide Scabble. ... sb. the chips or refuse of stone made in '
scabbling' it. ..."
2. 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. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Appellate Court of the State by Indiana Appellate Court, Appellate Court, Indiana (1904)
"It is shown that a number of men, including decedent, employed by the stone
company, had come over from other tracks where they had been scabbling stone, ..."
4. An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt (1842)
"In Aberdeen, where the stone is very hard, being a granite, they use the scabbling
hammer, by which they pick the stone until the surface has nearly ..."
5. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1899)
"... and mixing) 1 50 scabbling, laying, scaffolding, hoisting machinery, etc., 2
50 Net cost $8 63 Profit to contractor, say 15 per cent., 1 30 Total cost ..."
6. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1889)
"... for the foregoing ashlar, will be about as follows: Getting out the stone from
the quarry by blasting, allowing | for vaste in scabbling, 1| cu. yds. ..."
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