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scriber|ˈskraɪbə(r)|
[f. scribe v. + -er1.]
1. A tool or appliance for scribing.
1834–6P. Barlow in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 296/2 The chisels [of the mortising machine] are provided with small teeth..: these are called scribers. 1869C. Knight Mechanician 109 A scriber for marking diagrams on tables or plattens, is a piece of steel wire which [etc.]. 1875Carpentry & Join. 58 With a steel scriber or sharp hard pencil trace each dovetail carefully on the end of the wood. 1908Remin. Stonemason 104 The workman runs round the pattern with a sharp-pointed tool called a scriber. This scriber ploughs a minute furrow in the stone.
attrib.1869C. Knight Mechanician 111 A scriber-block is an instrument consisting of two principal parts; these are the movable scriber, and the block to which the scriber is attached... Scriber-blocks are principally used to mark straight lines upon engine-work of all classes. 1902P. Marshall Metal Tools 19 A little chalk rubbed over the surface of the metal will often enable the scriber lines to be more clearly seen.
2. (See quot. 1968.)
1968‘B. Mather’ Springers v. 52 A scriber is a circular piece of paper-thin copper which fits out of sight under the moving part of the [telephone] dial which has a tiny sharp point set in it. The pressure of the dialler's finger is sufficient to bring the point down on the copper... The resultant marks.. can tell..what numbers have been called. 1978J. Barnett Head of Force xvi. 153 We installed scribers under the dials of public phones adjacent to suspect premises. |