Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sharply pointed tool used for marking lines, as on wood, metal, or ceramic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
scribe , 4. - noun Same as
scribing-tool , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sharp-pointed
tool , used byjoiners for drawing lines; amarking awl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
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Examples
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May 22nd, 2007 at 11: 54 am on a smaller level, the inanity of referring to “the enemy” in iraq always catches my attention: it’s a signifier that the scriber is a total idiot.
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Attention - the scriber is a sharp tool and careless handling can lead to injuries!
2. Tools for Measuring and Scribing Fritz Dienemann 1993
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Unidentified Man #4: On a foggy Saturday morning, five blocks north of the Empire State Building, James E. Ager (ph) was dictating into his sound-scriber machine a letter to Dean Crawford (ph) of the University of Michigan.
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The fearless scriber Thomas understands more than most that it is the office of the presidency that is to be awed, not whoever the current occupant is.
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Baris produced a tiny pocket scriber and wrote swiftly.
Beast Master's Circus Norton, Andre 2004
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Arrhae moved gently about the suite, shutting off the lights, picking up the scriber absently and dropping it on the table near the couch.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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The scriber was not out of her sight all during the bath, though Arrhae hoped that fact would pass unremarked by any watcher.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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Arrhae moved gently about the suite, shutting off the lights, picking up the scriber absently and dropping it on the table near the couch.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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She hoped the eccentricity would be enough to disguise the important thing about having this scriber with her: that she knew it was not bugged.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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Very softly, in the dark, Arrhae reached out and pulled the scriber under the covers… then pulled the covers up over her head.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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