Definition of scribe

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Scribe (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..

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Trajectory :: Trajectory (n.) The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or stone thrown upward obliquely in the air..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. i.) To become surely; -- with for.
Aforesaid :: Aforesaid (a.) Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified..
Evolute :: Evolute (n.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.
Cerography :: Cerography (n.) A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
Formulary :: Formulary (n.) Prescribed form or model; formula.
Posy :: Posy (n.) A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring..
Underwrite :: Underwrite (v. t.) To write under something else; to subscribe.
Ascriptitious :: Ascriptitious (a.) Ascribed.
Circumscriptible :: Circumscriptible (a.) Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
Inscribe :: Inscribe (v. t.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
Cosmologist :: Cosmologist (n.) One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.
Wolffian :: Wolffian (a.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology..
Enactment :: Enactment (n.) That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment..
Extract :: Extract (n.) A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc..
Ceremonial :: Ceremonial (n.) The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions..
Ascription :: Ascription (n.) The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed..
Inscribable :: Inscribable (a.) Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures..
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