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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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By resting the base of the surface gage on the line to be measured from, and swinging one point of the scriber to the place where the work is to be done, accuracy is assured.

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

Cutting the notches at a b, acts to let the file clear well when filing the template, and to allow the scriber to go clear into the corner.

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

After the template is marked out, drill the four rivet holes, clamp the template, or pattern, to the sheet iron and mark carefully with a scriber.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

This will make a spring clamp that is opened to slip over the articles to be clamped together by inserting a scratch awl or scriber between the legs at the bowed portion.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

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