2. Verb. (third-person singular of scrape) ¹
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Definition of Scrapes
1. scrape [v] - See also: scrape
Literary usage of Scrapes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"A number of this party brought along a quantity of scrapes, which were a
closely-woven and excellent kind of woolen blankets of New Mexican manufacture. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... when used sideways, scrapes away a broad line ; and many etchers use needles
of various degrees of sharpness to get thicker or thinner lines. ..."