scribing
Etching with tools
Scribing is the act of marking or cutting a line into a surface, typically wood or metal, to guide further work: He was scribing the boards before cutting them to fit the wall.
In carpentry, scribing means transferring an irregular contour—like an uneven wall—onto material so it can be cut to match precisely.
The word also covers the work of a scribe: writing, copying, or recording text.
Captured audio or video
- transcribingConverting to written form
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- notatingWriting in symbols
- loggingRecording system events
registering · cataloging · indexing · archiving · annotating · detailing · itemizing · clerical
Acid-incised metal print
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- incisingCutting into material
- chiselingCutting with edged tool
marking · scoring · grooving · stylus · burin · intaglio · lapidary · stonework
Monastery manuscript workshop
- illuminationProvision of light
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
copyist · calligraphy · vellum · ink · biblical · Torah · ecclesiastical · monastic
recording
Captured audio or video
- transcribingConverting to written form
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- notatingWriting in symbols
logging · registering · cataloging · indexing · archiving · annotating · detailing · itemizing · clerical · secretarial
etching
Acid-incised metal print
chiseling · marking · scoring · grooving · stylus · burin · intaglio · lapidary · stonework · metalwork
scriptorium
Monastery manuscript workshop
- illuminationProvision of light
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
medieval · copyist · calligraphy · vellum · ink · biblical · Torah · ecclesiastical · monastic · preservation
marking
Indicating with symbols
compass · divider · tracing · profile · irregular · joinery · woodworking · cabinetry · molding · trim
graffiti
Illegal surface markings
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- muralWall-applied artwork
- stencilingPattern transfer via template
paste-up · throw-up · piece · bombing · burner · wheatpaste · Banksy · crew · tag · buff
- historical activitiesjousting, archery, blacksmithing, falconry, feasting
- Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, verbatim, dictation
- log cabinslog cabin, log home, chinking, notching, stacked logs
- Markingstamping, stenciling, labeling, tagging, lettering
- workshop skillssawing, sanding, planing, chiseling, carving
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
scribingfreehand drawing
Art made without guides
sketching · freehanding · eyeballing · approximating · estimating
scribingerasing
Removing recorded marks
effacing · deleting · obliterating · expunging · redacting