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Meaning
Noun
●
An
instrument
with which anything is scraped.
An
instrument
by which the
soles
of
shoes
are
cleaned
from
mud
by
drawing
them across it.
An
instrument
drawn
by
oxen
,
horses
or a
tractor
,
similar
to a
plow
, that is used for
scraping up
earth
in making or
repairing
roads
,
digging
cellars
,
building
canals
, etc.
An
instrument
having two or three
sharp
sides
or
edges
for
cleaning
the
planks
,
masts
, or
decks
of a ship.
In the
printing press
,
a board
or
blade
, the
edge
of which is made to
rub
over the
tympan
sheet
, thus
producing
an impression.
A hoe.
A
tool
used by engravers.
Clipping of bellyscraper.
●
In Archaeology:
An
instrument
with which anything is scraped.
A
prehistoric
unifacial
tool
thought
to have been used for
hideworking
and woodworking.
●
One who
scrapes
horns.
●
One who
plays
a
violin
incompetently
,
producing
cacophonous
sounds.
●
One who
acquires
avariciously
and
saves
penuriously.
●
A
cocked
hat.
●
In Computing:
A
program
or process that
scrapes
data
, such as a screen-scraper.
●
A
freshwater
fish
of the
carp
family,
genus
Capoeta.
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Rhymes
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