Bible Dictionaries
Scraper

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.

(2):

(n.) One who scrapes.

(3):

(n.) In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.

(4):

(n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.

(5):

(n.) An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.

(6):

(n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.

(7):

(n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.

(8):

(n.) An instrument with which anything is scraped.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scraper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scraper.html. 1828.