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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An instrument with which anything is scraped. Specifically:

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

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

4. One who scrapes. Specifically:

5. One who plays awkwardly on a violin.

6. One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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