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Definitions for: Scrawl [n] poor handwriting
[v] write carelessly
Webster (1913) Definition: Scrawl, v. i.
See Crawl. [Obs.] --Latimer.
Scrawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrawled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scrawling.] [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]
To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily
and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a
letter.
His name, scrawled by himself. --Macaulay.
Scrawl, v. i.
To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
Though with a golden pen you scrawl. --Swift.
Scrawl (skr[add]l), n.
Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully
or inelegantly written.
The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not
be legible. --Arbuthnot.
You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. --Gray.
Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scribble, scribble
See Also: hand, handwriting, script, squiggle, write
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