Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrambled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Scrambling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake
   together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf.
   {Scrabble}.]
   1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
      scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

   2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon
      the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something;
      to catch rudely at what is desired.

            Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how
            to scramble at the shearer's feast.   --Milton.

Scrambling \Scram"bling\, a.
   Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. --
   {Scram"bling*ly}, adv.

         A huge old scrambling bedroom.           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.