Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SCRIBE
scriber, scribe, scratch awl
(noun) a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
copyist, scribe, scrivener
(noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
scribe, scribbler, penman
(noun) informal terms for journalists
Scribe, Augustin Eugene Scribe
(noun) French playwright (1791-1861)
scribe
(verb) score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scribe (plural scribes)
Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.W
(archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
(in particular) A journalist.
Synonyms
• amanuensis
• scrivener
• tabellion
Verb
scribe (third-person singular simple present scribes, present participle scribing, simple past and past participle scribed)
To write.
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
To record.
To write or draw with a scribe.
(carpentry) 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 moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Source: Wiktionary
Scribe, n. Etym: [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]
1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
2. (Jewish Hist.)
Definition: A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Scribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.]
1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.
2. (Carp.)
Definition: 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.
Scribe, v. i.
Definition: To make a mark. With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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