scrifical - See: LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

scrifical - v. & n.
--v.

1 tr. & intr. write carelessly or hurriedly.
2 intr. often derog. be an author or writer.
3 intr. & tr. draw carelessly or meaninglessly.

--n.

1 a scrawl.
2 a hasty note etc.
3 careless handwriting.

scribbler n. scribbly adj. [ME f. med.L scribillare dimin. of L scribere write]

scrifical - v.tr.
card (wool, cotton, etc.) coarsely. [prob. f. LG: cf. G schrubbeln (in the same sense), frequent. f. LG schrubben: see SCRUB(1) )]

scrifical - n. & v.
--n.

1 a person who writes out documents, esp. an ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts.
2 Bibl. an ancient Jewish record-keeper or professional theologian and jurist.
3 (in full scribe-awl) a pointed instrument for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw, or in sign-writing.
4 US colloq. a writer, esp. a journalist.

--v.

tr. mark (wood etc.) with a scribe (see sense 3 of n.).

scribal adj. scriber n. [(n.) ME f. L scriba f. scribere write: (v.) perh. f. DESCRIBE]

scrifical - n.
open-weave fabric for lining or upholstery etc. [18th c.: orig. unkn.]

scrifical - n. & v.
--n.

1 a rough or confused struggle; a brawl.
2 Amer. Football a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal-line.

--v.

1 intr. engage in a scrimmage.
2 tr. Amer. Football put (the ball) into a scrimmage.

scrimmager n. [var. of SKIRMISH]