▪ I. scuffler1
(ˈskʌflə(r))
Also 7 scufler.
[f. scuffle v.1 + -er1.]
One who scuffles.
| 1633 Marmion Fine Comp. iii. iv. F 2 b, Fid. Ile belabour you the next time I meet you. Cap. What Scufler, dost thou thinke ile faile my friends? No Hector I scorne it. 1642 Tom Nash his Ghost (title-p.), To the three scurvy Fellowes of the upstart Family of the Snufflers, Rufflers and Shufflers; the thrice Treble-troublesome Scufflers in the Church and State. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk x. 215 A scuffler is a thief. 1965 H. Williamson Hustler vi. 169 He said he was a hustler, but he really wasn't nothin' but a goddamn scuffler. |
▪ II. scuffler2
(ˈskʌflə(r))
[f. scuffle v.2 + -er1.]
An agricultural implement for scarifying and stirring the surface of the ground, esp. between the rows of crops; a horse-hoe.
| 1797 Billingsley Agric. Somerset (ed. 2) 278 I verily think, that his [J. Cooke's] instruments called the scuffler, and scarifier, are the best contrivances I ever beheld, for the pulverization of the soil, and the destruction of weeds. 1891 Times 5 Oct. 3/2 The best remedies for the pest..being nitrate of soda..and the use of scufflers, or of horse-hoes. |
b. Each of the scuffling coulters of a scuffler.
| 1844 H. Stephens Book of Farm III. 959 In returning it to the double mould-board state, it is only necessary to remove the scufflers and the feathered share. |