scrape

SCRAPE, verb transitive [Latin scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.] 1. To rub the surface of any thing with a sharp or rough instrument, or with something hard; as, to scrap the floor; to scrape a vessel for cleaning it; to scrape the earth; to scrape the body. Job 2:8. 2. To clean by scraping. Leviticus 14:41. 3. To remove or take off by rubbing. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. Ezekiel 26:4. 4. To act upon the surface with a grating noise. The chiming clocks to dinner call; a hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall. To scrape off, to remove by scraping; to clear away by rubbing. To scrape together, to gather by close industry or small gains or savings; as, to scrape together a good estate. SCRAPE, verb intransitive 1. To make a harsh noise. 2. To play awkwardly on a violin. 3. To make an awkward bow. To scrape acquaintance, to make one's self acquainted; to curry favor. [A low phrase introduced from the practice of scraping in bowing.] SCRAPE, noun 1. A rubbing. 2. The sound of the foot drawn over the floor. 3. A bow. 4. Difficulty; perplexity; distress; that which harasses. [A low word.]