scriber

[ skrahy-ber ]

noun
  1. a tool for scribing wood or the like.

Origin of scriber

1
First recorded in 1825–35; scribe2 + -er1

Words Nearby scriber

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How to use scriber in a sentence

  • Chewing the scriber and needling his brain, he slowly built up a list of other possibilities.

    Deathworld | Harry Harrison
  • The other, interested, gave them a searching once-over before he pushed a small scriber toward Rip.

    Plague Ship | Andre Norton
  • The top of the thread is turned off 0.010 inch to allow the scriber F to slide freely on the screw.

    Measuring Tools | Unknown
  • The sleeve is graduated with fifty divisions each equaling a movement of the scriber of 0.001 inch.

    Measuring Tools | Unknown
  • The hole for the scriber in the scriber clamp of a surface gage is reamed out to fit the rods used with inside micrometers.

    Measuring Tools | Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for scriber

scriber

/ (ˈskraɪbə) /


noun
  1. a pointed steel tool used to score materials as a guide to cutting, etc: Also called: scribe

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