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(skrb), 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. 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. Scribe (skrb), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Scribed (skrbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Scribing.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser. 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. 3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs. Scribe v. i.To make a mark. With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer. スポンサード リンク
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