\Scrawl\, v. i.
See {Crawl}. [Obs.] --Latimer.

\Scrawl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrawled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scrawling}.] [Probably corrupted from scrabble.]
To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily
and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a
letter.
      His name, scrawled by himself.           --Macaulay.

\Scrawl\, v. i.
To write unskillfully and inelegantly.
      Though with a golden pen you scrawl.     --Swift.

\Scrawl\ (skr[add]l), n.
Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully
or inelegantly written.
      The left hand will make such a scrawl, that it will not
      be legible.                              --Arbuthnot.
      You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. --Gray.