1. (n.) One who writes; an offical or public writer; a notary; a copyist\.

2. (n.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

3. (v. t.) To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

4. (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.

5. (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

6. (v. i.) To make a mark.

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