Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrimmage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish.
``Sore scrymmishe.'' --Ld. Berners.]] [Written also
{scrummage}.]
1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight
or struggle.
2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball
is put in play.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scrimmage
n 1: practice play between a football team's squads
2: a noisy riotous fight [syn: {melee}, {battle royal}]
v : practice play, in sports
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.