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scabble

American

[skab-uhl] / ˈskæb əl /

verb (used with object)

scabbled, scabbling

to shape or dress (stone) roughly.

scabble British

/ ˈskæbəl /

verb

(tr) to shape (stone) roughly

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Etymology

Origin of scabble

1610–20; variant of scapple < Middle French escapeler to dress (timber)

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scabbled scabbling

For face work the stones were roughly scabbled to shape and laid in mortar.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

"Horn toad is right, the way you're scabbling around amongst them rocks," he called light-heartedly to the kid.

From Cow-Country by Bower, B. M.

I made some scabbling shift to pull her above high-water mark, and then went my ways.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

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