Add to ORKGscravel v1. To gather up in great haste. For example: "Let's scravel up the fish before the shower comes." 2. To move quickly and in frantic fashion, as on hands and feet, clawing one's way ahead. The word seems to be a corruption of "scrabble" and/or 'scramble."DNE-cit JH 10/74Used I and SupUsed I and Sup2Used ISource listed in DNE as P 13-74
scrunch vTo grind with the teeth; e.g., candy or ice; or just to grind teeth together when angry ...
scravel vTim Raines can scravel from first to second base [as fast as the line on a fishing reel]....
scravel nJack goes in an' he scrabbled up a big armful o' shavins... so much as he could scrabble ...
scravel vFOLK LANGUAGE: _"Scravel"_ Definition: to rush; to hurry. Context: "scrave...
scravel v...an' they sove [a] piece o' canvas an' very little grub, an' they scravelled* ashor...
scravel vAnyhow they went in this gulch an' _ an' they scravelled*out of her. ...
scravel'I've got to scravel a living.'JH 7/75DNE-citNot usedNot usedWithdrawnother form of scravel v...
scravel vThey scravelled* up the _ the clifft as good as they could - everything was iced up an' s...
scravel v- gather together and pick up quickly -DNE-cit JH FEB 1972Used I and SupUsed I and Su...
scrugility n"Play 'em with scrutility, now!" - to play the cards carefully and with a lot of though...
scroistA puzzler. Could it be a noun for scrave_l) v.? But not supported by rhyme? The Lass of th...
scravel nIn 1922, for example, as one old sealer told me: "De landsmen made a scrabble from shore,...
scrabble...when the word came it was done with a rush and "scrabble" (scramble) to put them on agai...
scravel vThousands of [caplin] piling over each other, flicking like mad on the sand when the wate...
scurrifungeing vbl nThis word was used by my mother's charwoman, Mrs. Tucker, who comes from St. Ph...
scrunch vTo grind with the teeth; e.g., candy or ice; or just to grind teeth together when angry ...
scravel vTim Raines can scravel from first to second base [as fast as the line on a fishing reel]....
scravel nJack goes in an' he scrabbled up a big armful o' shavins... so much as he could scrabble ...
scravel vFOLK LANGUAGE: _"Scravel"_ Definition: to rush; to hurry. Context: "scrave...
scravel v...an' they sove [a] piece o' canvas an' very little grub, an' they scravelled* ashor...
scravel vAnyhow they went in this gulch an' _ an' they scravelled*out of her. ...
scravel'I've got to scravel a living.'JH 7/75DNE-citNot usedNot usedWithdrawnother form of scravel v...
scravel vThey scravelled* up the _ the clifft as good as they could - everything was iced up an' s...
scravel v- gather together and pick up quickly -DNE-cit JH FEB 1972Used I and SupUsed I and Su...
scrugility n"Play 'em with scrutility, now!" - to play the cards carefully and with a lot of though...
scroistA puzzler. Could it be a noun for scrave_l) v.? But not supported by rhyme? The Lass of th...
scravel nIn 1922, for example, as one old sealer told me: "De landsmen made a scrabble from shore,...
scrabble...when the word came it was done with a rush and "scrabble" (scramble) to put them on agai...
scravel vThousands of [caplin] piling over each other, flicking like mad on the sand when the wate...
scurrifungeing vbl nThis word was used by my mother's charwoman, Mrs. Tucker, who comes from St. Ph...
scrunch vTo grind with the teeth; e.g., candy or ice; or just to grind teeth together when angry ...
scravel vTim Raines can scravel from first to second base [as fast as the line on a fishing reel]....
scravel nJack goes in an' he scrabbled up a big armful o' shavins... so much as he could scrabble ...