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: scabbledGerund: scabblingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional 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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