- An instrument with which anything is scraped. - An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from
mud and the like, by drawing them across it. - An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping
up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc. - An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges,
for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship. - 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. - One who scrapes. - One who plays awkwardly on a violin. - One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.