Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCRIB'BLED, pp.

Written hastily and without care.

SCRIB'BLER, a.

A petty author; a writer of no reputation. The scribbler pinch'd with hunger, writes to dine. – Granville.

SCRIB'BLING, n.

Act of scribbling or writing hastily.

SCRIB'BLING, ppr.

Writing hastily and without care.

SCRIB'BLING-LY, adv.

In a scribbling way.

SCRIBE, n. [Fr. from L. scriba, from scribo, to write; formed probably on the root of grave, scrape, scrub; D. schryven; G. schreiben; Sw. skrifva; Dan. skriver; W. ysgrivaw, ysgrivenu, whence scrivener; It. scrivere; Sp. escribir; Port. escrever; Fr. ecrire, ecrivant; Arm. scriva, scrifan; Gr. γραφω; Ir. grafadh, to write, and sgriobam, sgrabam, to scrape, engrave or write; Russ. skrebu, sgrebayu, to scrape, scrub, rake. Class Rb. The first writing was probably engraving on wood or stone.]

1. In a general sense, a writer. Hence,
2. A notary; a public writer.
3. In ecclesiastical meetings and associations in America, a secretary or clerk; one who records the transactions of an ecclesiastical body.
4. In Scripture and the Jewish history, a clerk or secretary to the king. Seraiah was scribe to King David. – 2 Sam. viii.
5. An officer who enrolled or kept the rolls of the army, and called over the names and reviewed them. – 2 Ch. xxvi. 2 Kings xxv.
6. A writer and a doctor of the law; a man of learning, one skilled in the law; one who read and explained the law to the people. – Ezra vii.

SCRIBE, v.t.

To mark by a model or rule; to mark so as to fit one piece to another; a term used by carpenters and joiners.

SCRIB'ED, pp.

Marked by rule.

SCRIB'ING, n.

A term in carpentry and joinery to denote the fitting of one timber to another.

SCRI'MER, n. [Fr. escrimeur. See Skirmish.]

A fencing-master. [Obs.] – Shak.

SCRIMP, a.

Short; scanty.

SCRIMP, n.

A pinching miser; a niggard; a close-fisted person. – New England.

SCRIMP, v.t. [Sw. skrumpen, shriveled; D. krimpen, to shrink, crimp, shrivel; G. schrumpfen; W. crimpiaw, to pinch.]

To contract; to shorten; to make too small or short; to limit or straiten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. New England.

SCRIMP'ING-LY, adv.

In a scrimping or scanty manner.

SCRINE, n. [L. scrinium; Norm. escrin; probably from L. cerno, secerno.]

A shrine; a chest, book-case or other place where writings or curiosities are deposited. [See Shrine, which is generally used.]

SCRINGE, v.i.

To cringe, of which this word is a corruption.

SCRIP, n. [L. scriptum, scriptio, from scribo, to write.]

A small writing, certificate or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing. Bills of exchange can not pay our debts abroad, till scrips of paper can be made current coin. – Locke. A certificate of stock subscribed to a bank or other company, or of a share of other joint property, is called in America a scrip.

SCRIP, n. [W. ysgrab, ysgrepan, something puckered or drawn together, a wallet, a scrip; Sw. skrappa. This belongs to the root of gripe, our vulgar grab, that is, to seize or press.]

A small bag; a wallet; a satchel. David put five smooth stones in a scrip. – 1 Sam. xvii. Matth. x.

SCRIP'PAGE, n.

That which is contained in a scrip. [Not in use.] – Dict.

SCRIPT, n.

A scrip. [Not in use.] – Chaucer.

SCRIP'TO-RY, a. [L. scriptorius. See Scribe.]

Written; expressed in writing; not verbal. [Little used.] – Swift.

SCRIP'TUR-AL, a. [from Scripture.]

1. Contained in the Scriptures, so called by way of eminence, that is, in the Bible; as, a scriptural word, expression or phrase.
2. According to the Scriptures or sacred oracles; as, a scriptural doctrine.

SCRIP'TUR-AL-IST, n.

One who adheres literally to the Scriptures and makes them the foundation of all philosophy.

SCRIP'TUR-AL-LY, adv.

In a scriptural manner.

SCRIP'TURE, n. [L. scriptura, from scribo, to write.]

1. In its primary sense, a writing; any thing written. Ralegh.
2. Appropriately, and by way of distinction, the books of the Old and New Testament; the Bible. The word is used either in the singular or plural number, to denote the sacred writings or divine oracles, called sacred or holy, as proceeding from God and containing sacred doctrines and precepts. There is not any action that a man ought to do or forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. Smith. Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity and emptiness. Buckminster.