Definition of scrape

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Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.

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Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
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..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
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..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc..
Hoe :: Hoe (v. t.) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn..
Rasper :: Rasper (n.) One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument with which anything is scraped.
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who scrapes.
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.
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..
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..
Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment..
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