Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCRAP'ER, n.

1. An instrument with which any thing is scraped; as, a scraper for shoes.
2. An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, and used for scraping earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals, &c.
3. An instrument having two or three sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts or decks of a ship, &c.
4. A miser; one who gathers property by penurious diligence and small savings; a scrape-penny.
5. An awkward fiddler.