4 results for: Scrutoire

(Browse Nearby Entries)

scrutinization

scrutinize

scrutinized

scrutinizer

scrutinizes

scrutinizing

scrutinizingly

Scrutinous

scrutiny

scrutoire

Scruze

SCRVTV

scry

scrying

SCS

SCSA

SCSAG

SCSB

SCSBA

SCSBC

SCSBOA

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

scru·toire

Audio Help [skroo-twahr] Pronunciation Key

–noun

writing desk (def. 1).

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Scrutoire

To learn more about Scrutoire visit Britannica.com

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrutoire

Es`cri*toire"\, n. [OF. escritoire, F. ['e]critoire, LL. scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr. sribere to write. See Script, and cf. Scrutoire.] A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Scrutoire

Scribe\ (skr[imac]b), n. [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. ska`rifos a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]

1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.

2. (Jewish Hist.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web