A fiddler; also one who scrapes plates for mezzotinto prints.
·noun One who scrapes. II. Scraper ·noun One who plays awkwardly on a violin. III. Scraper ·noun A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon screope]. A small triangular iron instrument, having two or three sharp edges....
The Sailor's Word-Book
A fiddler. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A triangular sail set above the skysail; if square it would be a moonsail, and if set above that, a ...