Definition of scrape

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Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..

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Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who scrapes.
Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree..
Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town..
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Claw :: Claw (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw..
Rugine :: Rugine (v. t.) To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale..
Flawter :: Flawter (v. t.) To scrape o/ pare, as a skin..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment..
Strigose :: Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.
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