scribe

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: ScribeAugustin Eugene Scribescribblerpenmancopyistscrivenerscriberscratch awl

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. French playwright (1791-1861)Synonyms: ScribeAugustin Eugene Scribe
  2. informal terms for journalistsSynonyms: scribblerpenman
  3. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscriptsSynonyms: copyistscrivener
  4. a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cutSynonyms: scriberscratch awl

Verb (1)

  1. score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scribe \Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed (skr[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.]

1.To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2.(Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts. [1913 Webster]

3.To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. [1913 Webster]

Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs. [1913 Webster]

Scribe \Scribe\, v. i. To make a mark. [1913 Webster]

With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. --A. M. Mayer. [1913 Webster]

Scribe \Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), n. [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. ska`rifos a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]

1.One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist. [1913 Webster]

2.(Jewish Hist.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people. [1913 Webster]

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Scribe

A text-formatting language by Brian Reid.

(1994-12-01)

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