What does "scribbling" mean?

Scribbling: The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Writing hastily or poorly. Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
  2. 3.The act of writing hastily or idly.

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