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scab·ble

 (skăb′əl)
tr.v. scab·bled, scab·bling, scab·bles
To work or dress (stone) roughly, preliminary to fine tooling.

[Middle English scaplen, from Old North French escapler, to dress timber : es-, off (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + capler, to cut (from Vulgar Latin *capulāre, *cappulāre).]
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scabble

(ˈskæbəl)
vb
(Mining & Quarrying) (tr) to shape (stone) roughly
[C17: from earlier scapple, from French escapler to shape (timber)]
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scab•ble

(ˈskæb əl)

v.t. -bled, -bling.
to shape or dress (stone) roughly.
[1610–20; variant of scapple < Middle French escapeler to dress (timber)]
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scabble


Past participle: scabbled
Gerund: scabbling

Imperative
scabble
scabble
Present
I scabble
you scabble
he/she/it scabbles
we scabble
you scabble
they scabble
Preterite
I scabbled
you scabbled
he/she/it scabbled
we scabbled
you scabbled
they scabbled
Present Continuous
I am scabbling
you are scabbling
he/she/it is scabbling
we are scabbling
you are scabbling
they are scabbling
Present Perfect
I have scabbled
you have scabbled
he/she/it has scabbled
we have scabbled
you have scabbled
they have scabbled
Past Continuous
I was scabbling
you were scabbling
he/she/it was scabbling
we were scabbling
you were scabbling
they were scabbling
Past Perfect
I had scabbled
you had scabbled
he/she/it had scabbled
we had scabbled
you had scabbled
they had scabbled
Future
I will scabble
you will scabble
he/she/it will scabble
we will scabble
you will scabble
they will scabble
Future Perfect
I will have scabbled
you will have scabbled
he/she/it will have scabbled
we will have scabbled
you will have scabbled
they will have scabbled
Future Continuous
I will be scabbling
you will be scabbling
he/she/it will be scabbling
we will be scabbling
you will be scabbling
they will be scabbling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scabbling
you have been scabbling
he/she/it has been scabbling
we have been scabbling
you have been scabbling
they have been scabbling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scabbling
you will have been scabbling
he/she/it will have been scabbling
we will have been scabbling
you will have been scabbling
they will have been scabbling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scabbling
you had been scabbling
he/she/it had been scabbling
we had been scabbling
you had been scabbling
they had been scabbling
Conditional
I would scabble
you would scabble
he/she/it would scabble
we would scabble
you would scabble
they would scabble
Past Conditional
I would have scabbled
you would have scabbled
he/she/it would have scabbled
we would have scabbled
you would have scabbled
they would have scabbled
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