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Webster 1913 Edition
Scribe
Scribe
(skrīb)
, Noun.
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)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scribed
(skrībd)
; 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 scribes, 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.
Scribe
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scribe
SCRIBE
,Noun.
1.
In a general sense, a writer. Hence,2.
A notary; a public writer.3.
In ecclesiastical meetings and associations in America, a secretary or clerk; one who records the transactions of an ecclesiastical body.4.
In Scripture and the Jewish history, a clerk or secretary to the king. Seraiah was scribe to king David. 2Sam. 8.
5.
An officer who enrolled or kept the rolls of the army, and called over the names and reviewed them. 2Ch. 24. 2Kings 25.6.
A writer and a doctor of the law; a man of learning; one skilled in the law; one who read and explained the law to the people. Ezra 8.SCRIBE
,Verb.
T.