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English Dictionary: scribe	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for scribe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scribe n French playwright (1791-1861) [syn: Scribe, {Augustin Eugene Scribe}] informal terms for journalists Synonym(s): scribe, scribbler, penman someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts Synonym(s): copyist, scribe, scrivener a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut Synonym(s): scriber, scribe, scratch awl v score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scribe \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scribe \Scribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribed}; 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 scribe, 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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Scribe A text-formatting language by Brian Reid. (1994-12-01)