scamblingn.

/ˈskamblɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of scamble v.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]

i-winc888

wrestlingc890

fightc1000

flitec1000

teenOE

winOE

ungrithlOE

wara1200

cockingc1225

strife?c1225

strivingc1275

struta1300

barratc1300

thro1303

battlec1375

contentionc1384

tuggingc1440

militationa1460

sturtc1480

bargain1487

bargaining1489

distrifea1500

concertation1509

hold1523

conflict1531

ruffle1532

tangling1535

scamblingc1538

tuilyie1550

bustling1553

tilt1567

ruffling1570

wresting1570

certationc1572

pinglinga1578

reluctation1593

combating1594

yoking1594

bandying1599

tention1602

contrast1609

colluctation1611

contestationa1616

dimication1623

rixation1623

colluctance1625

decertation1635

conflicting1640

contrasto1645

dispute1647

luctation1651

contest1665

stickle1665

contra-colluctation1674

contrasting1688

struggle1706

yed1719

widdle1789

scrambling1792

cut and thrust1846

headbutting1869

push-and-pull1881

contending1882

thrust and parry1889

aggro1973

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > unscrupulous or rapacious

scamblingc1538

whale1606

game of grab1883

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of

slubbering1582

slobbering1649

scambling1659

skirting1687

steamboating1826

scamping1862

slur1882

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering together hastily or haphazardly

scambling1878

c1538 R. Cowley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 98 Such havok and skameling as they make was never seen, to the utter pilling and beggering of the land.

1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 106 And how so euer thes tvvo conioyned Earles, do seeme for the tyme to draw together, and to playe bootie: yet..Hastings for ought I see, when he commeth to the scambling, is like to haue no better luck by the Beare, then his auncestor had once by the Boare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 202 I get thee with skambling.

1659 J. Gauden Serm. (1660) 9 Whatever scambling and confusion in Civil and Regular Magistracy mens ambition brought on the state of the Jews, yet [etc.].

1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Mem. Introd. 10/1 Those noble old folios, matterful and painstaking, and putting to shame the literary scambling of to-day.

b. †The action of making shift for a meal or for meals. scambling day n. see quot. (obsolete). Also, a makeshift or informal meal. Now only dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > makeshift meal

scamblinga1525

scrap dinner1776

offput1882

jury meal1883

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > [noun] > making shift for meal

scamblinga1525

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lent > [noun] > scambling days

scambling daya1525

a1525 Regul. Houshold Earl of Northumb. (1770) 80 This is the ordre of the Service of Meat and Drynk to be servyd upon the Scamlynge Days in Lent Yerely as to say Mondays and Setterdays thrughe out Lent and what they shall have att the said Scamlyngs.

1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. Iiiii Some..eat more at that one dynner, than the poore man can get at three scamlinges on a day.

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster ii. i Come Sir, a stoole boy, the Court Feasts are to vs Seruitors Court Fasts, such scambling, such shift for to eate and where to eate.

1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire Scamblin, irregular meal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

scamblingadj.

/ˈskamblɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix².

†1. Contentious, rapacious. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending

strivingc1374

strivousa1382

militant?a1425

wrestlinga1547

cocking1550

struggling1577

contending1593

scambling1600

conflictant1629

contendenta1641

tugging1657

agonous1682

battling1787

belligerent1812

conflicting1855

warring1883

duelling1944

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious

ravenousc1425

rapinous1484

ravening1548

rapacious1572

scambling1600

large-handeda1616

tenter-hooking1615

vulturizing1650

vulturian1659

leech-like1682

vulturine1721

vulturish1826

vulturous1843

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 95 I know them,..Scambling, out-facing, fashion-monging boies.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 4 The scambling and vnquiet time.

a1639 H. Wotton Short View Life Duke of Buckingham (1642) 29 He was no sooner entred into the Town, but a scambling Souldier clapt hold of his bridle.

1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xvi. 21 Whose regular noise,..Some dreadful scambling combate did present.

2. Clumsily or carelessly executed; slipshod, slovenly; makeshift. Also of a person: Blundering, bungling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough > done in a slovenly manner

scambling1589

slubbered1602

slovened1817

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling

bodging1565

bungling1589

scambling1589

bungler-like1603

mismanaging1789

muffing1841

duffing1862

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ci Who is it, that reading Beuis of Hampton, can forbeare laughing, if he marke what scambling shyft he makes to ende his verses a like.

1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel 275 It is not likelie that the Diuell coulde bee dispossessed, by such almost priuate, slender, interrupted, and scambling prayers.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. vii. §5 61 Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them [etc.].

1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 721 [Provincialisms.] You've made a scambling dinner, I fear.

1884 J. E. T. Rogers Six Cent. Work & Wages II. 412 The establishment of a rule that members of such unions would denounce and expose dishonest and scambling work.

3. Irregular, rambling, scattered.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out > spread out in straggling manner

scambling1592

rambling1676

sprawling1802

sprangly1840

sprawly1897

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective]

uneven1390

irregular1483

scambling1592

prevaricant1644

eccentrica1649

vagous1660

erratical1698

scrambling1778

unregular1884

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adjective] > irregularly arranged

straggling1604

extravagant1608

scattering1610

squanderinga1616

scambling1702

scragglinga1722

wandering1785

straggly1862

straggled1884

1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 67 The scambling chace eight leags endurd right, Ending almost at the gate of Reans.

1657 J. Owen Rev. True Nature Schisme ix. 141 To declare the way of his exerting his Authority..is not a matter to be tossed up and down in this scambling chase.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 404 Her Capital City, which is large but scambling.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 221 To Bedington..a faire old hall, but a scambling house.

1702 D. Granville in Remains (1861) I. 241 Letters..to my scatter'd, scambling, and sometimes scabby sheep.

1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) I. 324 Being..upon a plain under the shelter of a few scambling thorntrees.

1891 Reports Provinc. Dev. (E.D.D.) There wad'n on'y two or dree scamlin ones [sc. pheasants] down thick way.

4. Straddling, shambling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > awkward or clumsy

shailing1398

weltering1570

scambling1633

shambling1690

walloping1837

festoony1843

1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice v. sig. K^v Can you imagine, Sir, the name of Duke Could make a crooked leg, a scambling foot,..fit for a Ladies pleasure, no.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 952 The Gnat..hath six long crooked scambling legs..growing from his prominent breast.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. viii. 33 On horseback, Tom was a..hard-bitten little fellow.., while on foot he was the most shambling, scambling, crooked-going crab that ever was seen.

Derivatives

ˈscamblingly adv.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Griffe Griffe graffe, by hooke or by crooke,..scamblingly, catch that catch may.

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	scambling
释义	scamblingn. /ˈskamblɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. a. The action of scamble v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > unscrupulous or rapacious scamblingc1538 whale1606 game of grab1883 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of slubbering1582 slobbering1649 scambling1659 skirting1687 steamboating1826 scamping1862 slur1882 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering together hastily or haphazardly scambling1878 c1538 R. Cowley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 98 Such havok and skameling as they make was never seen, to the utter pilling and beggering of the land. 1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 106 And how so euer thes tvvo conioyned Earles, do seeme for the tyme to draw together, and to playe bootie: yet..Hastings for ought I see, when he commeth to the scambling, is like to haue no better luck by the Beare, then his auncestor had once by the Boare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 202 I get thee with skambling. 1659 J. Gauden Serm. (1660) 9 Whatever scambling and confusion in Civil and Regular Magistracy mens ambition brought on the state of the Jews, yet [etc.]. 1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Mem. Introd. 10/1 Those noble old folios, matterful and painstaking, and putting to shame the literary scambling of to-day. b. †The action of making shift for a meal or for meals. scambling day n. see quot. (obsolete). Also, a makeshift or informal meal. Now only dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > makeshift meal scamblinga1525 scrap dinner1776 offput1882 jury meal1883 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > [noun] > making shift for meal scamblinga1525 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lent > [noun] > scambling days scambling daya1525 a1525 Regul. Houshold Earl of Northumb. (1770) 80 This is the ordre of the Service of Meat and Drynk to be servyd upon the Scamlynge Days in Lent Yerely as to say Mondays and Setterdays thrughe out Lent and what they shall have att the said Scamlyngs. 1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. Iiiii Some..eat more at that one dynner, than the poore man can get at three scamlinges on a day. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster ii. i Come Sir, a stoole boy, the Court Feasts are to vs Seruitors Court Fasts, such scambling, such shift for to eate and where to eate. 1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire Scamblin, irregular meal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). scamblingadj. /ˈskamblɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². †1. Contentious, rapacious. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending strivingc1374 strivousa1382 militant?a1425 wrestlinga1547 cocking1550 struggling1577 contending1593 scambling1600 conflictant1629 contendenta1641 tugging1657 agonous1682 battling1787 belligerent1812 conflicting1855 warring1883 duelling1944 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious ravenousc1425 rapinous1484 ravening1548 rapacious1572 scambling1600 large-handeda1616 tenter-hooking1615 vulturizing1650 vulturian1659 leech-like1682 vulturine1721 vulturish1826 vulturous1843 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 95 I know them,..Scambling, out-facing, fashion-monging boies. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 4 The scambling and vnquiet time. View more context for this quotation a1639 H. Wotton Short View Life Duke of Buckingham (1642) 29 He was no sooner entred into the Town, but a scambling Souldier clapt hold of his bridle. 1691 D. Defoe New Discov. Old Intreague xvi. 21 Whose regular noise,..Some dreadful scambling combate did present. 2. Clumsily or carelessly executed; slipshod, slovenly; makeshift. Also of a person: Blundering, bungling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough > done in a slovenly manner scambling1589 slubbered1602 slovened1817 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling bodging1565 bungling1589 scambling1589 bungler-like1603 mismanaging1789 muffing1841 duffing1862 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ci Who is it, that reading Beuis of Hampton, can forbeare laughing, if he marke what scambling shyft he makes to ende his verses a like. 1599 S. Harsnett Discov. Fraudulent Pract. I. Darrel 275 It is not likelie that the Diuell coulde bee dispossessed, by such almost priuate, slender, interrupted, and scambling prayers. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. vii. §5 61 Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them [etc.]. 1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 721 [Provincialisms.] You've made a scambling dinner, I fear. 1884 J. E. T. Rogers Six Cent. Work & Wages II. 412 The establishment of a rule that members of such unions would denounce and expose dishonest and scambling work. 3. Irregular, rambling, scattered. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out > spread out in straggling manner scambling1592 rambling1676 sprawling1802 sprangly1840 sprawly1897 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adjective] uneven1390 irregular1483 scambling1592 prevaricant1644 eccentrica1649 vagous1660 erratical1698 scrambling1778 unregular1884 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adjective] > irregularly arranged straggling1604 extravagant1608 scattering1610 squanderinga1616 scambling1702 scragglinga1722 wandering1785 straggly1862 straggled1884 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 67 The scambling chace eight leags endurd right, Ending almost at the gate of Reans. 1657 J. Owen Rev. True Nature Schisme ix. 141 To declare the way of his exerting his Authority..is not a matter to be tossed up and down in this scambling chase. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 404 Her Capital City, which is large but scambling. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 221 To Bedington..a faire old hall, but a scambling house. 1702 D. Granville in Remains (1861) I. 241 Letters..to my scatter'd, scambling, and sometimes scabby sheep. 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) I. 324 Being..upon a plain under the shelter of a few scambling thorntrees. 1891 Reports Provinc. Dev. (E.D.D.) There wad'n on'y two or dree scamlin ones [sc. pheasants] down thick way. 4. Straddling, shambling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > awkward or clumsy shailing1398 weltering1570 scambling1633 shambling1690 walloping1837 festoony1843 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice v. sig. K^v Can you imagine, Sir, the name of Duke Could make a crooked leg, a scambling foot,..fit for a Ladies pleasure, no. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 952 The Gnat..hath six long crooked scambling legs..growing from his prominent breast. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ii. viii. 33 On horseback, Tom was a..hard-bitten little fellow.., while on foot he was the most shambling, scambling, crooked-going crab that ever was seen. Derivatives ˈscamblingly adv. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Griffe Griffe graffe, by hooke or by crooke,..scamblingly, catch that catch may. 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 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