"scribe" Definition

Definitions for the word "scribe" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To make a mark.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts. 2 ancient jewish record-keeper or professional theologian and jurist. 3 pointed instrument for making marks on wood etc. 4 colloq. Writer, esp. A journalist. v. (-bing) mark with a scribe. scribal adj. [latin scriba from scribo write]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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