| n. | 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. | ||||
| v. t. | 1. | To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. | |||
| 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.
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| v. i. | 1. | To make a mark. | |||
| Noun | 1. | Scribe - French playwright (1791-1861) Synonyms: Augustin Eugene Scribe |
| 2. | scribe - informal terms for journalists | |
| 3. | scribe - someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | |
| 4. | scribe - a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut Synonyms: scratch awl, scriber | |
| Verb | 1. | scribe - score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking |
| Scribe - A text-formatting language by Brian Reid. |
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