Scraper
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. An instrument with which any thing is
scraped; as a scraper for
shoes.
2. An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, and used for
scraping earth in making or repairing roads,
digging cellars, canals, etc.
3. An instrument having two or three sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts or decks of a ship, etc.
Scraper
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. An instrument with which anything is
scraped.
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. An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
5. 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.
6. One who scrapes.
