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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Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. i.) To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree..
Stork :: Storify (v. t.) To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.
Prescriptible :: Prescriptible (a.) Depending on, or derived from, prescription; proper to be prescribed..
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45¡, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described..
Aret :: Aret (v. t.) To reckon; to ascribe; to impute.
Lapidarian :: Lapidarian (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record..
Proscribe :: Proscribe (v. t.) To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents..
Observation :: Observation (n.) Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
Subscription :: Subscription (n.) That which is subscribed.
Diet :: Diet (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet..
Scribe :: Scribe (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.
Cambrian :: Cambrian (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.
Circumcenter :: Circumcenter (n.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.
Extract :: Extract (n.) A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation..
Ascribed :: Ascribed (imp. & p. p.) of Ascrib.
Widmanstatten Figures :: Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. i.) To claim by prescription; to claim a title to a thing on the ground of immemorial use and enjoyment, that is, by a custom having the force of law..
Impersonate :: Impersonate (v. t.) To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
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