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 scribe /ˈskraɪb/
 書記,抄寫員,作者,作家,劃線器(vi.)擔任抄寫員(vt.)用劃線器劃

 scribe
 劃線; 劃片

 scribe
 書寫 劃線

 Scribe n.
 1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
 2. Jewish Hist. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

 Scribe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.]
 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
 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.

 Scribe, v. i. To make a mark.
    With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet.   --A. M. Mayer.
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 Scribe
      n 1: French playwright (1791-1861) [syn: Augustin Eugene Scribe]
      2: informal terms for journalists [syn: scribbler, penman]
      3: someone employed to make written copies of documents and
         manuscripts [syn: copyist, scrivener]
      4: a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
         [syn: scriber, scratch awl]
      v : score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in
          metalworking