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Scapple

Scapple \Scap"ple\ (sk[a^]p"p'l), v. t. [Cf. OF. eskapeler, eschapler, to cut, hew, LL. scapellare. Cf. Scabble.]

  1. To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.

  2. To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
    --Gwilt.

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scapple

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

Usage examples of "scapple".

Then he rose and with a piece of broken chert he scappled away one of the designs, leaving no trace of it only a raw place on the stone where it had been.