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Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
2. 2
   Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist: A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
3. 3
   A journalist.
4. 4
   A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
5. 5
   A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.

Verb

1. 1
   To write.
2. 2
   To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
3. 3
   To record, as a scribe.
4. 4
   To write or draw with a scribe.
5. 5
   To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
6. 6
   To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.