Definition of Scriber

1. Noun. A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.

Exact synonyms: Scratch Awl, Scribe
Generic synonyms: Awl
Derivative terms: Scribe, Scribe

Definition of Scriber

1. n. A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.

Definition of Scriber

1. a pointed instrument used for marking off material to be cut [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scriber

scribbled
scribblement
scribblements
scribbler
scribblers
scribbles
scribblier
scribbliest
scribbling
scribbling block
scribblingly
scribblings
scribbly
scribe
scribed
scriber (current term)
scribers
scribes
scribing
scribing block
scribings
scribism
scribisms
scrid
scrids
scriech
scrieched
scriechs
scried
scriene

Literary usage of Scriber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Second Course of Orthographic Projection: Being a Continuation of the by William S. Binns (1869)
"The student will understand the use of the "scriber" from the following ... 28, represent a front and edge view of a generating circle or scriber for a set ..."

2. Teacher's Handbook of Manual Training: Metal Work by J. S. Miller (1903)
"Allow the class to examine the tool, and so draw from them that a scriber is a thin rod of hard steel, with one end drawn or ground to a rather long, ..."

3. Teacher's Handbook of Manual Training: Metal Work by J. S. Miller (1903)
"Allow the class to examine the tool, and so draw from them that a scriber is a thin rod of hard steel, with one end drawn or ground to a rather long, ..."

4. History of Detroit, a Chronicle of Its Progress, Its Industries, Its by Paul Leake (1912)
"GEORGE HENRY scriber, MD, one of the successful members of the medical profession, ... The great-grandfather of Dr. scriber was a soldier during the ..."

5. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1812)
"scriber. He told me for a couple of ladies that came from Holland, as he told me. scriber. One by the name of Mrs. Bryan, another's name was ..."

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