1. [n]  a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
2. [n]  someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
3. [n]  informal terms for journalists
4. [n]  French playwright (1791-1861)
5. [v]  score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

1. \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.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \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.
   

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