To creep; crawl; by extension, to swarm with crawling things.n. The young of the dog-crab.n. A trawl.To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly with a pen, pencil, or other marking implement; write awkwardly, hastily, or carelessly; scribble: as, to scrawl a letter; also, to make irregular lines or bad writing on: as, to scrawl a piece of paper.To mark with irregular wandering or zigzag lines: as, eggs scrawled with black (natural marking).To write unskilfully and inelegantly.n. A piece of unskilful or inelegant writing; also, a piece of hasty, bad writing.n. A ragged, broken branch of a tree; brushwood.n. In law, same as scroll-seal.