Meaning & use
Scabble
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To roughly shape or dress the surface of stone, typically with a pick or hammer, before finer finishing.
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The mason scabbled the block's surface before setting it in the wall.
Workers scabbled the granite slabs to give them a rougher texture.
A note on using this word
Scabble is a specialized masonry term describing the initial rough shaping of a stone before it's smoothed or carved further.
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dress stonechip
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