[imp. & p. p. Scambled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scambling.]
[Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]

1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. «Some scambling shifts.» Dr. H. More. «A fine old hall, but a scambling house.» Evelyn.

2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. «The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . question.» Shak.

Scam·ble
v. t.

To mangle. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy