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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scribe  \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. 




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