English Dictionary: scrap | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for scrap | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scrap \Scrap\ (skr[acr]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. See {Scrape}, v. t.] 1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey. 2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract. 3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shrap \Shrap\, Shrape \Shrape\, n. [Cf. {Scrap}, and {Scrape}.] A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also {scrap}.] [Obs.] --Bp. Bedell. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCRAP Something written at {CSIR}, Pretoria, South Africa in the late 1970s. It ran on {Interdata} and {Perkin-Elmer} computers and was in use until the late 1980s. [But what was it?] (1994-12-15) |