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scribing |
1 definition found 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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