Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scribe \Scribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scribing}.]
   1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser.

   2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely
      to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor
      which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding,
      or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or
      scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards
      cuts.

   3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

   {Scribing iron}, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or
      marking, casks and logs.