noun

• (slang) Poverty; struggle.
  "But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press was in my jeans"
• (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.

verb

• (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
  "Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble."
• (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
  "But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man."
• (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
  "Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”"

verb

• (agriculture) To work the soil surface for weeding, etc.
  "Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) scarify, cultivate, grub; weed"