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Scribed

Scribe \Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed (skr[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.]

  1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
    --Spenser.

  2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

  3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

    Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.

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scribed

vb. (en-past of: scribe)

Usage examples of "scribed".

Trepanation would have been a good idea for the normally pre scribed purposes.

Having hitherto scribed alone, I was used to just the scratching of a pen.

No man had scribed this message - its language was never born of earth.