■ noun
1》 historical a person who copied out documents.
↘ informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist.
2》 Jewish History an ancient Jewish record-keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.
3》 (also ~r or ~ awl ) a pointed instrument used for making marks to guide a saw or in signwriting.
■ verb
1》 chiefly literary write.
2》 mark with a pointed instrument.
Derivatives
scribal adjective
Origin
ME: from L. scriba , from ~re 'write'; the verb is perh. partly a shortening of de~ .