Definition of scribe

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Scribe (v. t.) 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 scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

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Tuscan :: Tuscan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital..
Ascriptitious :: Ascriptitious (a.) Ascribed.
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond..
Epithet :: Epithet (v. t.) To describe by an epithet.
Witness :: Witness (v. i.) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like..
Entitle :: Entitle (v. t.) To attribute; to ascribe.
Aforesaid :: Aforesaid (a.) Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified..
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse..
Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..
Cosmographer :: Cosmographer (n.) One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth..
Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, The itch for writing..
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor..
Cometographer :: Cometographer (n.) One who describes or writes about comets.
Escribed :: Escribed (a.) Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced..
Passionary :: Passionary (n.) A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
Carpologist :: Carpologist (n.) One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..
Prescriber :: Prescriber (n.) One who prescribes.
Formulary :: Formulary (a.) Stated; prescribed; ritual.
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