SCRAWL

v. & n.

--v.

1. tr. & intr. write in a hurried untidy way.

2 tr. (foll. by out) cross out by scrawling over.

--n.

1. a piece of hurried writing.

2 a scrawled note.

Derivatives:

scrawly adj.

Etymology: perh. f. obs. scrawl sprawl, alt. of CRAWL