Word Meanings - SCRABBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his
Additional info about word: SCRABBLE
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan. 2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13.
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- WHILE
wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. "All - SCRATCH COAT
The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up. - AFTERCAST
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. - PROCEREBRUM
The prosencephalon. - WHILES
1. Meanwhile; meantime. The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes; at times. Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n. - SCRATCHBACK
A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. - AFTER
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts - HANDSPRING
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. - GETTABLE
That may be obtained. - AFTERPAINS
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. - PROCESSIVE
Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge. - WHILERE
A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. Milton. - PROCESSIONALIST
One who goes or marches in a procession. - SCRATCHING
With the action of scratching. - PROCEPTION
Preoccupation. Eikon Basilik - FAITHLESS
1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true - PROCEED
To begin and carry on a legal process. Syn. -- To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate. (more info) 1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. If thou - PROCEEDER
One who proceeds. - SHIFT
divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. skifa to cut into slices, as n., a 1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. To - HANDSOMELY
Carefully; in shipshape style. (more info) 1. In a handsome manner. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - ERSTWHILE
Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. - UNFAITH
Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. Tennyson. - ACID PROCESS
That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process. - FORGETTINGLY
By forgetting. - CONTRAFAGETTO
The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.