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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scribe \Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Scribed} (skr[imac]bd); 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 scribes, 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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