I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of
a rock.
Ezek. xxvi. 4.
3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small
portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save
penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money
together.
The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the
nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers.
Fuller.
4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a
speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually
with down. Macaulay.
To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an
introduction. Farquhar.
He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously.
G. W. Cable.
Scrape, v. i. 1. To rub over the surface of anything with something
which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub
harshly and noisily along.
2. To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and
saved until he became rich. "[Spend] their scraping fathers' gold."
Shak.