3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking,

casks and logs.

Scribe, v. i. To make a mark.

With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe

around the edge of the templet.

A. M. Mayer.

Scrib"er (?), n. A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing

lines on stuff; a marking awl.

Scrib"ism (?), n. The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the

time of Christ. F. W. Robertson.

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