Scribe /(skrīb)/

1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
2. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people. (Jewish Hist.)

imp. & p. p. Scribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing

1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
2. 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. (Carp.)
3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

1. To make a mark.

   With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet.