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.) An instrument with which anything is scraped.
Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
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..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
Rasper :: Rasper (n.) One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship..
Rugine :: Rugine (v. t.) To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale..
Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
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..
Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
Scraping :: Scraping (n.) Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street..
Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along..
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