Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrambling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrambled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Scrambling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake
together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf.
{Scrabble}.]
1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon
the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something;
to catch rudely at what is desired.
Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how
to scramble at the shearer's feast. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrambling \Scram"bling\, a.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. --
{Scram"bling*ly}, adv.
A huge old scrambling bedroom. --Sir W.
Scott.
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