noun A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.noun archaic A writer and doctor of the law one skilled in the law and traditions one who read and explained the law to the people.noun One who writes a draughtsman a writer for another especially, an official or public writer an amanuensis or secretary a notary a copyist.transitive verb an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.transitive verb To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.transitive verb (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.transitive verb To write, engrave, or mark upon to inscribe.noun (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.noun One who writes a draughtsman a writer for another especially, an offical or public writer an amanuensis or secretary a notary a copyist.noun A pointed instrument used to mark lines on wood, metal, bricks, etc., to serve as a guide in sawing, cutting, etc.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun One of a body of men who constituted the theologians and jurists of the Jewish nation in the time of Christ.noun One whose duty it was to keep the official records of the Jewish nation, or to act as the private secretary of some distinguished person (Esther iii.noun An official or public writer a secretary an amanuensis a notary a copyist.noun One who writes a writer a penman especially, one skilled in penmanship.Hence To fit closely to another piece or part, as one piece of wood in furniture-making or Joiners' work to another of irregular or uneven form. To mark, as wood, metal, bricks, etc., by scoring with a sharp point, as an awl, a scribe or scriber, or a pair of compasses.intransitive verb To write or inscribe.intransitive verb To mark with a scriber.noun A professional copyist of manuscripts and documents.noun A public clerk or secretary, especially in ancient times.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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