Lexicographical Neighbors of Scramb
Literary usage of Scramb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report and Transactions (1884)
"The word is really scramb'd hand, but is always pronounced as above, because
Western speakers drop such inconvenient consonantal sounds as need careful ..."
2. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of by Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art (1884)
"The word is really scramb'd hand, but is always pronounced as above, because
Western speakers drop such inconvenient consonantal sounds as need careful ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"E. scramb, to pull, or rake together with the hands (Forks. ... qv, scramb-le,
qv SCRATCH, to scrape with a pointed instrument or with the nails. [Scand. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"My .vork, however, was soon interrupted by the crowd of eager boys from the
neighboring schools, who scramb.ed for the beads thrown out with each handful of ..."
5. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1843)
"I stood*on the mountain, up where I saw you scramb- ing to-day. I continued firing
at the enemy, until hree detached themselves in pursuit of me. ..."
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