Webster's Dictionary 1913

1891

Screen (2)

Screen (skrēn), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Screened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Screening.] 1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, inju...

1892

Screen (3)

Screen (skrēn), n.(Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

1893

Screenings

Screen″ings (?), n. pl. The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

1894

Screw

Screw (skrṳ), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. écrou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schra...

1895

Screw (2)

Screw (skrṳ), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Screwed (skrṳd); p. pr. & vb. n.Screwing.] 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or s...

1896

Screw (3)

Screw, v. i. 1. To use violent means in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting. Howitt.2. To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his ...

1897

Screw-cutting

Screw″–cut′ting (?), a. Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.

1898

Screw-driver

Screw″–driv′er (?), n. A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

1899

Screwer

Screw″er (?), n. One who, or that which, screws.

1900

Screwing

Screw″ing, a. & n. from Screw, v. t.Screwing machine. See Screw machine, under Screw.

1901

Scribable

Scrib″a‐ble (?), a. [See Scribe.] Capable of being written, or of being written upon.

1902

Scribatious

Scri‐ba″tious (?), a. [See Scribe.] Skillful in, or fond of, writing. Barrow.

1903

Scribbet

Scrib″bet (?), n. A painter's pencil.

1904

Scribble

Scrib″ble (?), v. t. [Cf. Scrabble.] (Woolen Manuf.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

1905

Scribble (2)

Scrib″ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scribbled (–b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Scribbling (–blĭng).] [From Scribe.] 1. To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance...

1906

Scribble (3)

Scrib″ble, v. i. To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite. Pope.

1907

Scribble (4)

Scrib″ble, n. Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. Boyle.Neither did I but vacant seasons spendIn this my scribble. Bunyan.

1908

Scribblement

Scrib″ble‐ment (?), n. A scribble. Foster.

1909

Scribbler

Scrib″bler (?), n. One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville.

1910

Scribbler (2)

Scrib″bler, n. A scribbling machine.

1911

Scribbling

Scrib″bling (?), n. [See 1st Scribble.] The act or process of carding coarsely.Scribbling machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; — called also s...

1912

Scribbling (2)

Scrib″bling, a. Writing hastily or poorly.Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.

1913

Scribbling (3)

Scrib″bling, n. The act of writing hastily or idly.

1914

Scribblingly

Scrib″bling‐ly, adv. In a scribbling manner.

1915

Scribe

Scribe (skrīb), n. [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. σκάριφοσ a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]...

1916

Scribe (2)

Scribe (skrīb), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Scribed (skrībd); p. pr. & vb. n.Scribing.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a wa...

1917

Scribe (3)

Scribe, v. i. To make a mark.With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer.