bescrawlv.
/bɪˈskrɔːl/ transitive. To scrawl or scribble over, to cover with scrawling.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > illegibly or untidily > cover with
blota1513
scribble1540
daub1589
bescrawl1641
scrawl1647
bescribble1807
overscrawl1871
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 4 These wretched projectors of ours that bescraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church.
1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 194 Bescrawling this paper.
Derivatives
beˈscrawled adj.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy > covered with
scribbled1550
scribble-scrabble1703
overscrawled1879
bescrawled1880
hen-scratched1915
1880 Mrs. C. Reade Brown Hand & White I. ii. 60 Freely-bescrawled sheets of foolscap.
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