"scribes" in the noun sense
1. Scribe, Augustin Eugene Scribe
French playwright (1791-1861)
2. scribe, scribbler, penman
informal terms for journalists
3. copyist, scribe, scrivener
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
4. scriber, scribe, scratch awl
a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
"scribes" in the verb sense
1. scribe
score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
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