scabble

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English scaplen, from Old French escapler (to dress timber), from es- (off) (from Latin ex-) + capler (to cut) (from Vulgar Latin *capulre, *cappulre).

Verb

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scabble (third-person singular simple present scabbles, present participle scabbling, simple past and past participle scabbled)

  1. To roughly dress stone.