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scau⋅per

   [skaw-per]
–noun
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
Also, scorper.

Origin:
1815–25; var. of scalper < L scalprum scraper. See scalpel
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scauper

noun
a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal 

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Scauper

Scaup"er\, n. [Cf. Scalper.] A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. --Fairholt.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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