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Webster 1913 Edition

Scrape

Scrape

(skrāp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scraped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scraping
.]
[Icel.
skrapa
; akin to Sw.
skrapa
, Dan.
skrabe
, D.
schrapen
,
schrabben
, G.
schrappen
, and prob. to E.
sharp
.]
1.
To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean;
as, to
scrape
a bone with a knife; to
scrape
a metal plate to an even surface
.
2.
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
I will also
scrape
her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Ezek. xxvi. 4.
3.
To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; – often followed by together or up;
as, to
scrape
money together
.
The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but
scrape
, subscribers.
Fuller.
4.
To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; – usually with down.
Macaulay.
To scrape acquaintance
,
to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction.
Farquhar.
He tried to
scrape acquaintance
with her, but failed ignominiously.
G. W. Cable.

Scrape

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
2.
To occupy one’s self with getting laboriously;
as, he
scraped
and saved until he became rich
.
“[Spend] their scraping fathers' gold.”
Shak.
3.
To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
4.
To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

Scrape

,
Noun.
1.
The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound;
as, a noisy
scrape
on the floor; a
scrape
of a pen
.
2.
A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
H. Spencer.
3.
A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these
scrapes
.
Bp. Warburton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scrape

SCRAPE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.]
1.
To rub the surface of any thing with a sharp or rough instrument, or with something hard; as, to scrap the floor; to scrape a vessel for cleaning it; to scrape the earth; to scrape the body. Job 2.
2.
To clean by scraping. Lev. 14.
3.
To remove or take off by rubbing.
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ezek. 26.
4.
To act upon the surface with a grating noise.
The chiming clocks to dinner call; a hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall.
To scrape off, to remove by scraping; to clear away by rubbing.
To scrape together, to gather by close industry or small gains or savings; as, to scrape together a good estate.

SCRAPE

, v.i.
1.
To make a harsh noise.
2.
To play awkwardly on a violin.
3.
To make an awkward bow.
To scrape acquaintance, to make one's self acquainted; to curry favor. [A low phrase introduced from the practice of scraping in bowing.]

SCRAPE

, n.
1.
A rubbing.
2.
The sound of the foot drawn over the floor.
3.
A bow.
4.
Difficulty; perplexity; distress; that which harasses. [A low word.]

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