1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials — not a scrap. De Quincey.
2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3. pl.
Defn: The crisp substance that remains after trying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
4. pl.
Defn: 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 founding scrap, or cast scrap.
SCRAPBOOK
Scrap"book`, n.
Defn: A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.
SCRAPE
Scrape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scraped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scraping.] Etym:
[Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa, Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen,
schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp.]
1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.