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1. Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

1. [informal] A writer for newspapers and magazines
   - journalist, journo [Brit, informal], scribbler [informal], penman [informal]
    
2. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
   - copyist, scrivener
    
3. A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
   - scriber, scratch awl

1. French playwright (1791-1861)
   - Augustin Eugene Scribe

Derived forms: scribed, scribing, scribes

Type of: author, awl, dramatist, employe [US], employee, mark, nock, playwright, score, writer

Encyclopedia: Scribe, Eugène