Scribe
Scribe (skrīb) , noun
[Latin scriba, from scribere to write; compare Greek ska`rifos a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), English scarify. Compare 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 (skrīb) , transitive verb
1.
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. — Spenser
2.
(Carpentry) 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.
Collocations (1)
Scribing iron , an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.
Scribe , intransitive verb
To make a mark.
With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet.