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▪ I. scribbler1|ˈskrɪblə(r)|
[f. scribble v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who scribbles or writes hastily or carelessly; hence ‘a petty author; a writer without worth’ (J.).
a1553Udall Roister D. iii. v. (Arb.) 58 Fare thou well scribler... Scriuener. Fare ye well bibbler. 1610Bp. Hall Agst. Brownists ii. 5, I neuer yet could see any Scribler so vnlearned, as that he durst not charge his opposite with ignorance. 1682Dryden Religio Laici Pref. 7 The first Presbyterian Scribler. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. Ded., I have known some Scriblers, or Authors, dedicate their Works to great Men who they hardly knew any more of than their illustrious Names. 1778F. Burney Diary Aug. (1891) I. 25 She talked..very highly of a new novel called ‘Evelina’; though without a shadow of suspicion as to the scribbler. 1825Macaulay Ess., Milton ⁋46 Venal and licentious scribblers, with just sufficient talent to clothe the thoughts of a pander in the style of a bellman. 1880L. Stephen Pope v. 124 The Dunciad was thus a declaration of war against the whole tribe of scribblers.
attrib.1834Tait's Mag. I. 727/1 Slave parasite and joker, With scribbler-satirist.
2. A scribbling-book or pad. Chiefly N. Amer.
1906Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 11 Jan. 10/5 (Advt.), 1000 Scribblers and Exercise Books..2c each. 1913T. Eaton & Co. Semi-Ann. Sale Catal. No. 36. 17/2 School Outfit..2 Exercise Books, 2 Scribblers, 1 Writing Pad, ruled. 1916Joyce Portrait of Artist (1969) iii. 105 Stephen, leaning back and drawing idly on his scribbler, listened to the talk about him. 1939L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xxxix. 309 We write each other letters in our scribblers and exchange them. 1964L. Edel Diary of Alice James p. v, She kept the record of her sickroom world in two closely-written scribblers. 1969K. Giles Death cracks Bottle vi. 57 [He] had taken a page from his scribbler and written on it.
▪ II. ˈscribbler2
[f. scribble v.2 + -er1.]
1. A person who scribbles wool, or who tends a scribbling-machine.
1682Rec. Cloth Manuf. New Mills (S.H.S.) 16 To ingage 2 shear-men, 2 weavers and 2 scrublers. 1733P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 109 We have but few Scriblers who understand the close mixing of Wooll on the Cards for Medleys. 1774Act 14 Geo. III, c. 25 §1 If any Picker, Scribbler, Spinner or Weaver..shall not return all working Tools..delivered out. 1776Adam Smith W.N. i. i. I. 14 The wool⁓comber.., the dyer, the scribbler [etc.].
2. A machine for scribbling (wool).
1805J. Luccock Nat. Wool 146 The chief point of attention in the scribbler is to break it [the staple] no further than the hookedness of the pile will admit of. 1884W. S. B. McLaren Spinning (ed. 2) 191 We now have the wool ready for the scribbler, or first carding machine.
attrib.1825J. Nicholson Oper. Mech. 391 The scribbler⁓engine has three distinct parts or cylinders in one frame. |