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scribing, vbl. n.|ˈskraɪbɪŋ| [-ing1.] 1. The action of the verb scribe.
1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Scribing, when the Joyners would fit a piece of Board, &c. to an irregular Surface, or any other irregular Piece: they [etc.]. 1876Papworth in Encycl. Brit. IV. 494/1 This operation is called scribing, and the result of it is evidently to make the skirting fit down on the floor with the utmost precision. 1896Kipling Seven Seas, Story of Ung 50 Ung, a maker of pictures, fell to his scribing on bone. 1969G. C. Dickinson Maps & Air Photographs v. 75 Scribing..consists in producing a negative-type drawing by scraping away an opaque coating applied to glass or dimensionally stable plastic sheets. 1975J. B. Harley O.S. Maps i. 14 The use of scribing instead of traditional drawing was an especially important development. 1977Engin. Materials & Design Aug. 29/3 The first half of 1977 also saw the introduction by Laser Cutting Ltd of what is believed to be Europe's first facility specifically designed to provide a high quality service for ceramic scribing by laser. 2. concr. The identifying mark on a cask, etc.; pl. incised markings on stone, etc.; also, writings, scribblings.
1859M'Clintock Voy. ‘Fox’ in Arctic Reg. xiii. 242 The heading [of a cask] has been brought on board, but the ‘scribing’ upon it is very indistinct. 1895Nature 28 Nov. 83 A number of mysterious rock-scribings. 1895Athenæum 14 Dec. 839/1 Many of them [megalithic remains] are marked with scribings and other ornamentations. 1897Crockett Lad's Love Ded. 9 But if you like my scribings not—well, pass; at least I was entirely happy when I wrote them. 3. attrib. In the names of various instruments or appliances for ‘scribing’, as scribing-block, scribing gauge, scribing-iron, scribing plate, scribing point, scribing speed, etc. (See quots.)
1863F. Campin Mech. Engin. 66 (Cent.) A *scribing-block, which consists of a piece of metal joined to a wooden block at one end, and having at the other a point; it is useful for making centres, and for similar purposes. 1902P. Marshall Metal Tools 19 Sometimes..a scriber is used in conjunction with a scribing block or surface gauge.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 269 A *scribing cutter is made to traverse round, and cut the pieces [sc. for the heads of casks].
1895Mod. Steam Eng. 84 *Scribing gauge.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Scribing-iron, an iron-pointed instrument for marking casks and logs of timber.
1969R. & E. Coordinator Apr. 9/2 A new glass-based *scribing plate for the generation of microphotography masters, precision printed circuits, and other applications requiring extremely clean, sharp lines.
1879Nature 30 Oct. 623/1 It is necessary that one and the same *scribing point should describe the sum of the two motions.
1971Physics Bull. Dec. 743/3 The *scribing speed is 360 in min-1. |