scriber

[ skrahy-ber ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

scriber

/ ˈskraɪbə /

a pointed steel tool used to score materials as a guide to cutting, etc Also calledscribe

Origin of scriber¹

First recorded in 1825–35; scribe ² + -er ¹

Chewing the scriber and needling his brain, he slowly built up a list of other possibilities.

The other, interested, gave them a searching once-over before he pushed a small scriber toward Rip.

The top of the thread is turned off 0.010 inch to allow the scriber F to slide freely on the screw.

The sleeve is graduated with fifty divisions each equaling a movement of the scriber of 0.001 inch.

The hole for the scriber in the scriber clamp of a surface gage is reamed out to fit the rods used with inside micrometers.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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