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SCRAPE, v.t. [L. scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.]
SCRAPE, v.i.
SCRAPE, n.
To rub over the surface of (something) with a
sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by
removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to
make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the
sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with
pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth
or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a
metal plate to an even surface.
To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the
sense above).
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ezek. xxvi. 4. To collect by, or as by, a process of
scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to
acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by
together or up; as, to scrape money
together.
The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. Fuller. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or
to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the
floor; -- usually with down.
Macaulay.
To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. Farquhar. He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. G. W. Cable. To
rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or
removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily
along.
To occupy one's self with getting
laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became
rich.
"[Spend] their scraping fathers' gold."
Shak. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a
violin or like instrument.
To draw back the right foot along the
ground or floor when making a bow.
The
act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a
harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape
of a pen.
A drawing back of the right foot when
bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
H.
Spencer. A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament
out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful
rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
The too eager pursuit of this his old enemy through thick and thin has led him into many of these scrapes. Bp. Warburton. | ||||||||