scraw

v. i. See Crawl. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scrawled p. pr. & vb. n. Scrawling. ] [ Probably corrupted from scrabble. ] To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

His name, scrawled by himself. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. [ 1913 Webster ]

The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write unskillfully and inelegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though with a golden pen you scrawl. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer. [ 1913 Webster ]