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SCRAPE, L. scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.
1. To rub the surface of any thing with a sharp or rough instrument, or with something hard as, to scrap the floor to scrape a vessel for cleaning it to scrape the earth to scrape the body. Job 2 .
2. To clean by scraping. Leviticus 14 .
3. To remove or take off by rubbing.
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ezekiel 26 .
4. To act upon the surface with a grating noise.
The chiming clocks to dinner call a hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall.
To scrape off, to remove by scraping to clear away by rubbing.
To scrape together, to gather by close industry or small gains or savings as, to scrape together a good estate.
SCRAPE,
1. To make a harsh noise.
2. To play awkwardly on a violin.
3. To make an awkward bow.
To scrape acquaintance, to make one's self acquainted to curry favor. A low phrase introduced from the practice of scraping in bowing.
SCRAPE, n.
1. A rubbing.
2. The sound of the foot drawn over the floor.
3. A bow.
4. Difficulty perplexity distress that which harasses. A low word.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Scrape'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/scrape.html.
Entry for 'Scrape'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/scrape.html.
