The young of the dog-crab, or a poor sort of crab itself.
·vi ·see <<Crawl>>. II. Scrawl ·vi To write unskillfully and inelegantly. III. Scrawl ·noun Unskil...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In New England, a ragged, broken branch of a tree, or other brushwood; brush.--Webster. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.