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noun

Scrap n.

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. "I have no materials not a scrap."

Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.

pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.

Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

Scrap iron.

(a)

Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; called also wrought-iron scrap.

(b)

Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; called also foundry scrap, or cast scrap.

Shrape, Shrap n. (Written also scrap) A place baited with chaff to entice birds. (Obs.)

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"Scrap" Quotes from Famous Books

... the roller in rear of the cutters, and so to a scrap pan, while the stamped biscuits pass by a lower web into the pans. These pans are carried by two endless chains, provided with pins, which take hold of the pans and carry them along in the proper position. ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 • Various

... swollen with recruits eager for glory. Addresses of duty and loyalty met his Majesty at every halting-place, and acclamations followed the royal coach throughout the route. The townsfolk of Harwich, in particular, had hung out every scrap of bunting they could find, besides erecting half a dozen triumphal arches, which by their taste and magnificence were calculated to leave the most favourable impression in ...

— The Blue Pavilions • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... drew out a package of her old letters and a lot of faded flowers—every scrap of paper and trinket she had ever given him in her life. He showed her each one, and gave the history of every flower, when she had given it to him, and what she ...

— The One Woman • Thomas Dixon

... yourself. I sha'n't commit you to anything and the whole thing will be verbal. There won't be a scrap of paper for her to show afterward, even if ...

— Lalage's Lovers - 1911 • George A. Birmingham

... doting lover has kissed the scrap of paper whose promissory shower of gold was to give up to him his otherwise unattainable Danae; Nimrods have transformed the same narrow symbol into a saddle by which they have been enabled to bestride the backs of peerless hunters; while nymphs have metamorphosed ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

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