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scribe verb. LME.
[In sense 1 partly from Latin scribere write, partly from SCRIBE noun1; in sense 2 perh. aphet. from DESCRIBE. Cf. SCRIVE.]
a. verb trans. Write down. Chiefly Scot. & dial.. LME.
b. verb intrans. Act as a scribe, write. Now chiefly Scot. & dial. M17.
verb trans. Orig. in Carpentry, mark the intended outline of (a piece of timber) with one point of a pair of compasses, the other point being drawn along the edge of the piece to which the marked piece is to be fitted. Now, mark or score (a piece of wood, metal, stone, etc.) with a pointed instrument or a laser beam in order to indicate the outline to which the piece is to be cut or shaped; draw (a line etc.) in this way. L17.
fig.: M. Ayrton This patch..scribed with tracks cut through scrub..by men with wheel-barrows.
b. Shape the edge of (a piece of wood, metal, stone, etc.) to fit the profile of another piece or an uneven surface. L17.
Make identifying marks on. M19.
scriber noun a tool or appliance for scribing; = SCRIBE noun2 2: M19.
scribing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) an identifying mark; (c) in pl., incised markings on stone etc.; writings, scribblings: E18.