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scabbling

scabbling noun: pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer. Also the present participle and gerund of scabble.

Noun

scabbling (plural scabblings)

  1. Pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer.

Also used as

scabbling is also the present participle and gerund of scabble.

Forms of scabbling

pluralscabblings

Questions about scabbling

What does scabbling mean?
Scabbling means pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer.
What part of speech is scabbling?
Scabbling is a noun.
What is the plural of scabbling?
The plural of scabbling is scabblings.

Words near scabbling in the dictionary

  1. scabble
  2. scabbled
  3. scabbler
  4. scabblers
  5. scabbles
  6. scabbling
  7. scabblings
  8. scabby
  9. scabby sheep
  10. scabella
  11. scabellum

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