Scabble Definition
skăbəl
scabble, scabbling
verb
To dress or shape (stone) roughly, as with a hammer or pick.
Webster's New World
Origin of Scabble
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Middle English scaplen from Old North French escapler to dress timber es- off (from Latin ex- ex–) capler to cut (from Vulgar Latin capulāre, *cappulāre)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English scaplen, from Old French escapler (“to dress timber"), from es- (“off") (from Latin ex-) + capler (“to cut") (from Vulgar Latin *capulre, *cappulre).
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