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(), n.[OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.] 1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak. 3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak. Sham"ble v. i.[imp. & p. p.Shambled (); p. pr. & vb. n.Shambling ().] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. Scamble, Scamper.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. スポンサード リンク
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