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grate 1, noun (oh) and scrabble (medicine)


grate 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: crata, grata 'something made of woven sticks', from Latin cratis; CRATE1]
the metal bars and frame that hold the wood, coal etc in a fireplace

scrabble (medicine)


scrabble


1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. "Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way." (Bunyan)

2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. "David . . . Scrabbled on the doors of the gate." (1. Sam. Xxi. 13)

Origin: Freq. Of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl.

Source: Websters Dictionary