1. (v. i.) See Crawl.

2. (v. t.) To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.

3. (v. i.) To write unskillfully and inelegantly.

4. (n.) Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.

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