Scribe — Defs

01 n. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.

1.
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
2.
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.(Jewish Hist.)

02 v. t. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

imp. & p. p. Scribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing

1.
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
2.
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 scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.(Carp.)
3.
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Phrases & compounds

Scribing iron — an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.

03 v. i. To make a mark.

1.
To make a mark.
“With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet.” — A. M. Mayer.