Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip,
   schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]
   1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or
      unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. ``Some scambling
      shifts.'' --Dr. H. More. ``A fine old hall, but a
      scambling house.'' --Evelyn.

   2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and
      turbulent; to scramble. ``The scambling and unquiet time
      did push it out of . . . question.'' --Shak.