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scribe [ skrīb ]


noun  (plural scribes)
Definition:
 
1. book copier: a copier or transcriber of documents, especially somebody who copied manuscripts in medieval times

2. copier of Jewish religious documents: a copier of the Sefer Torah and other Jewish religious documents using a quill pen on parchment

3. clerk: an official public clerk

4. journalist: a writer, especially a journalist ( humorous )

5. tools 
Same as  scriber




transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle scribed, present participle scrib·ing, 3rd person present singular scribes)
Definition:
 
construction mark lines on something: to mark something such as wood or metal with a line using a pointed instrument, especially as a guide for cutting

[12th century. < Latin scriba "official or public writer" < scribere "write"]

scrib·al adjective
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