Definition of scrape

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Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..

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Rasper :: Rasper (n.) One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper..
Mucker :: Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts..
Scrape :: Scrape (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Flawter :: Flawter (v. t.) To scrape o/ pare, as a skin..
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..
Strigose :: Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely..
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