Associations to the word «Scribe»

Wiktionary

SCRIBE, noun. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
SCRIBE, noun. A person who writes books or documents by hand as a professionW.
SCRIBE, noun. (archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
SCRIBE, noun. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
SCRIBE, noun. A writer, especially a journalist.
SCRIBE, verb. To write.
SCRIBE, verb. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
SCRIBE, verb. To record.
SCRIBE, verb. To write or draw with a scribe.
SCRIBE, verb. (carpentry) 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.
SCRIBE, verb. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Dictionary definition

SCRIBE, noun. French playwright (1791-1861).
SCRIBE, noun. Informal terms for journalists.
SCRIBE, noun. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
SCRIBE, noun. A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.
SCRIBE, verb. Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King