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Meanings of scratch awl in English

Portuguese
escriba

A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.

        escriba
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        Examples for "scribe"
        Examples for "scribe"
        1
        The speaker was a scribe in the palace of Herod the Great.
        The Coming of the King
        2
        A good science writer is an expert as well as a scribe.
        Wired
        3
        The nomenclature of this gown is beyond the guess of the scribe.
        The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
        4
        This was the era of the scribe rather than of the priest.
        The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
        5
        Nevertheless, he would stay with the scribe until the job was completed.
        Ilse Witch
        1
        I carefully set the 'scriber down on the white stone and look around.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        2
        I slipped my 'scriber from my vest pocket.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        3
        I picked up the slate and 'scriber and paced back and forth in my Schrödinger cell.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        4
        In each of the stalls, a cardinal jotted the name on a 'scriber pad provided by the Scrutineers.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        5
        Floating on light, freecasting into the universe with my stylus and 'scriber tucked under my arm, I still had not decided.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        Usage of scratch awl in English
        1
        And he scratched his head with the scratch -awl.
        Homes and How to Make Them
        Translations for scratch awl
        Portuguese
        escriba