An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it
An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc
{n} a thing with which we pare, clear or erase, an iron to clean on, miser, vile fidler
An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship
A device propelled by the moving stream in a pipeline used to scrape out or dislodge wax, corrosion sediment, air, or other deposits that tend to increase friction loss, reduce throughput or lead to contamination of product; scrapers are dispatched from a launcher and received in a receiver The outgoing barrel is on the discharge side of a pumping station; the incoming barrel is on the suction side Also called pig; go-devil
A chipped stone tool with a steeply retouched working edge used for preparing hides an woodworking End scrapers have the working edge on the end, side scrapers on one or both lateral edges Points and knives were often modified into hafted scrapers in Early and Middle Archaic times
A tool with a concave or convex edge for removing the fat and flesh from an animal skin Often made by retouching a blade or a flake
In intaglio, a wedge-shaped steel tool used for removing burrs and moderating other effects of etching or engraving In lithography, a leather-covered blade that presses the paper against the inked stone or plate top
A scraper is a tool that has a small handle and a metal or plastic blade and can be used for scraping a particular surface clean
A tool presumably used in scraping, scouring, or planing functions Most frequently refers to flaked stone artifacts with one or more steep UNIFACIALLY RETOUCHED edge(s)