scapple

• scabble

Compare Old French eskaper, eschapler (“to cut, hew”), Late Latin scapello. Compare scabble.

scapple (third-person singular simple present scapples, present participle scappling, simple past and past participle scappled)

1. (transitive) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
2. (transitive) To dress (e.g. stone) in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)

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