Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Writing; marks or marking.
- noun In carpentry:
- noun Marking by rule or compass; also, the marks thus made.
- noun The adjustment of one piece of wood to another so that the fiber or grain of the one shall be at right angles to that of the other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
scribe . - noun dated Something
scribed ; aninscription .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word scribing.
Examples
-
The scribes who have done their duty have been doing a great job of listing the activities that we do in class, and Anne the scribe before this post, has taken "scribing" to the next level by also including the content of what we learned.
It's Catching Darren Kuropatwa 2005
-
The scribes who have done their duty have been doing a great job of listing the activities that we do in class, and Anne the scribe before this post, has taken "scribing" to the next level by also including the content of what we learned.
Archive 2005-12-01 Darren Kuropatwa 2005
-
And so he forced his hands to stillness and executed his art upon the vessel he held, scribing the single symbol upon its side: Death.
-
The blowback from the greater scribing community - paid and unpaid - to the news a week ago that Aol would purchase the Huffington Post...
Jarvis Coffin: AOL and The Huffington Post, Continued Jarvis Coffin 2011
-
The blowback from the greater scribing community - paid and unpaid - to the news a week ago that Aol would purchase the Huffington Post for a reported $315 million has been striking.
Jarvis Coffin: AOL and The Huffington Post, Continued Jarvis Coffin 2011
-
And, if I may be so immodest, I have some small renown as a fiction writer, so I might be suited to scribing such a history.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
-
And as we dug deeper, we found clerical errors, we found misinterpretation of data, mis-scribing data - as we look from bridge to bridge.
-
And as we dug deeper, we found clerical errors, we found misinterpretation of data, mis-scribing data - as we look from bridge to bridge.
-
And as we dug deeper, we found clerical errors, we found misinterpretation of data, mis-scribing data - as we look from bridge to bridge.
-
Place your pen or pencil on the paper and begin writing for a minimum of five minutes (15 is better) without stopping or allowing your scribing utensil to leave the paper.
Debbie Robins: How To Start The New Year Without Wanting To Whack Someone Upside The Head 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.