scravel n also scrabble. See SCRAVEL V.
1 A rapid movement; dash.
1924 ENGLAND 16 One old sealer told me: 'De landsmen made a scrabble from shore, an' got about of ten t'ousand. w'iles dey was passin' alang.' 1976 GUY 55 [The rat] leaped about three feet straight up in the air and when his feet struck the concrete he made the mad scravell straight at me.
2 Attrib scravel day: final work-day of the week, a time of hectic activity.
C 70-20 Friday was known to the Bell Island miners as scravel day. The term was used to describe the flurry of activity which invariably characterized the last work-day of the week.
