scriber

American

[skrahy-ber] / ˈskraɪ bər /

noun

a tool for scribing wood or the like.

scriber British

/ ˈskraɪbə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of scriber

First recorded in 1825–35; scribe ² + -er ¹

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One end of the scriber is bent, so it can be adapted to enter recesses, or such places as could not be reached by the straight end p.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

The other, interested, gave them a searching once-over before he pushed a small scriber toward Rip.

From Plague Ship by Andre Norton

For very small circles the fork scriber shown in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

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

From Deathworld by H. R. van Dongen

ToList Surface Gage.—The clamp holding the scriber is vertically movable on the pivoted upright.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

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