Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
scabble .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
- transitive verb To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
- verb To
dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
Etymologies
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Compare Old French eskaper, eschapler, to cut, hew, Late Latin scapello. Compare scabble.
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