v. i. To write unskillfully and inelegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though with a golden pen you scrawl. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. See Crawl. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
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 ]
n. One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer. [ 1913 Webster ]