Found 2 items, similar to Scribe.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Scribe Scribe n 1: French playwright (1791-1861) [syn: Augustin Eugene Scribe] 2: informal terms for journalists [syn: scribbler, penman] 3: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts [syn: copyist, scrivener] 4: a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut [syn: scriber, scratch awl]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scribe Scribe \Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed (skr[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. [1913 Webster] Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs. [1913 Webster] Scribe \Scribe\, v. i. To make a mark. [1913 Webster] With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. --A. M. Mayer. [1913 Webster] Scribe \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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]