In New England, a ragged, broken branch of a tree, or other brushwood; brush.--Webster.
·vi ·see <<Crawl>>. II. Scrawl ·vi To write unskillfully and inelegantly. III. Scrawl ·noun Unskil...
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The young of the dog-crab, or a poor sort of crab itself. ...
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