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Meanings

1. 1
   noun Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
2. 2
   noun 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. 3
   noun A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
4. 4
   noun (in particular) A journalist.
5. 5
   verb To write.
6. 6
   verb To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
7. 7
   verb To record.
8. 8
   verb To write or draw with a scribe.
9. 9
   verb 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 moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
10. 10
    verb To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.