"scamble" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61",
          "text": "Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […]"
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        "To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble."
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        "(intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble."
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          "ref": "1596, Shakespeare, King John, act IV scene III:",
          "text": "How easy dost thou take all England up!\nFrom forth this morsel of dead royalty,\nThe life, the right and truth of all this realm\nIs fled to heaven; and England now is left\nTo tug and scamble and to part by the teeth\nThe unowed interest of proud-swelling state.",
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        "To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession."
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        "(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession."
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          "ref": "1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "finding my Wood cut in Patches , and other parts of it scambled and cut before it was at its Growth",
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      "glosses": [
        "To mangle."
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        "(transitive) To mangle."
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      "glosses": [
        "To squander."
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        "(transitive) To squander."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæmbəl/"
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  "word": "scamble"
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          "ref": "1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61",
          "text": "Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […]"
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        "To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble."
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        "(intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble."
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        "(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession."
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          "text": "finding my Wood cut in Patches , and other parts of it scambled and cut before it was at its Growth",
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        "To mangle."
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        "(transitive) To mangle."
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        "To squander."
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        "(transitive) To squander."
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