Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scrawling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrawl \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.
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