Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scribbling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribble \Scrib"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribbled} (-b'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribbling} (-bl[i^]ng).] [From {Scribe}.]
1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to
correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter.
2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, n. [See 1st {Scribble}.]
The act or process of carding coarsely.
{Scribbling machine}, the machine used for the first carding
of wool or other fiber; -- called also {scribbler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, a.
Writing hastily or poorly.
Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks!
--Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scribbling \Scrib"bling\, n.
The act of writing hastily or idly.
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