scramble or scumble?

[Craig Clark]

George Handly writes:
> 
> SCUMBLE: a thin coat of color put on by scumbling; a softened effect
> producing by scumbling
> 
> SCUMBER: a) the dung of a dog or fox b) to evacuate the feces.

As I said in reply to grip at netcom.com, I stand corrected: on the 
other hand, maybe there's a deep linguistic connection here... Any 
philologists out there?

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"