(n.) One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.
(n.) An author; a composer.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has previously been demonstrated that pp60v-src is associated with a detergent-insoluble matrix containing the cellular cytoskeleton (J. G. Burr, G. Dreyfuss, S. Penman, and J. M. Buchanan, Proc.
(2) The average size and poly (A) content of host mRNA was previously known to be unchanged (Koschel, 1974; Leibowitz and Penman, 1971), and this was confirmed.
(3) This is a bold gamble and stands in stark contrast to his more thoughtful plans for productivity in the private sector.” Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, said that by restricting public sector pay rises to 1% for a further four years, the chancellor was excluding public servants from the benefits of the economic recovery.
(4) (Lenk, R., Ransom, L., Kaufmann, Y., and Penman, S. (1977) Cell 10, 67-78), in order to explore the nerve growth factor-sensitive phosphorylation system in biochemical detail.
(5) "Prices are edging down but they have not gone over the edge – and nor do we expect them to," Penman said.
(6) Dawn Penman Kempsford, Gloucestershire • The voluntary project with which I am associated In Glasgow does distribute garments which supporters knit for us.
(7) Grown on grids, cells were gently extracted with salt solutions as previously described by S. Penman to preserve intact IF-lamina-NM systems.
(8) Dave Penman, the head of the FDA, said May had joined an unedifying list of prime ministers who have publicly criticised underpaid and overworked civil servants instead of voicing any concerns in private.
(9) The dramatic changes in morphology induced by nanomolar doses of tumor-promoting agents, especially in epithelial cells, have been noted previously (Driedger and Blumberg, 1980; Rifkin et al., 1979; Croop et al., 1980; Phaire-Washington et al., 1980; Ohuchi and Levine, 1980; Ojakian, 1981; Fey and Penman, 1984).
(10) Industrial action is being considered or pursued in some branches, but we do not believe there is a clear appetite among Prospect members for national strike action.” David Penman, general secretary of the FDA, also commented : “While we are not convinced that civil service-wide industrial action at this time will influence these negotiations, we continue to press the government to address the long-term pay differentials that exist in the civil service.” What does the head of the civil service say?
(11) The sabre-rattling about the inadequacy of the civil service comes as the FDA, the senior civil servants' union, welcomes David Penman as its new general secretary.
(12) Catherine Penman, head of research at property consultancy Carter Jonas, said: "March is historically a buoyant month for the housing market with spring just around the corner, so it is no surprise to see prices rising again after a slight lull in February.
(13) Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union for civil servants, said: "While we agree with the intention of strengthening the support for ministers and accountability of civil servants, the reality is that the proposals outlined today could result in the politicisation of the key ministerial support function.
(14) Radioimmunoassay and semiquantitative video analysis of immunofluorescence on frozen sections showed that one apical and three basolateral glycoproteins, defined by monoclonal antibodies and binding of beta-2-microglobulin, were incompletely extracted with 0.5% Triton X-100 in a buffer that preserves the cortical cytoskeleton (Fey, E. G., K. M. Wan, and S. Penman.
(15) TPA-induced alterations in NM-IF scaffold occur in the absence of both protein and RNA synthesis (Fey and Penman, 1984).
(16) The RNP-depleted nuclear matrix is a core structure that retains lamins A and C, the intermediate filaments, and a unique set of nuclear matrix proteins (Fey, E. G., K. M. Wan, and S. Penman, 1984, J.
(17) Public servants are being asked to deliver a further £13bn of spending cuts, yet many of them will be taking home less pay than they did in 2010,” said Penman.
(18) Here’s ammunition aplenty for the likes of the cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, FDA union general secretary Dave Penman, council chief executives and public sector leaders high and low.
(19) "Jeannie [Penman] has been here to see me four times.
(20) Penman, whose union represents top-grade civil servants including permanent secretaries, said: “Prime ministers have a responsibility to show leadership to the civil service, but few definitions of leadership include publicly criticising your overworked and underpaid staff.
Scribe
Definition:
(n.) One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
(n.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
(v. t.) To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
(v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
(v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
(v. i.) To make a mark.
Example Sentences:
(1) The scribes wrote his words on their tablets of metal and light, to be saved for the ages.
(2) But the man whose calligraphy we ponder - a jobbing scribe, probably - was not the author.
(3) The resulting outline scribed from the orifices tended to be centered mesiodistally on the crown of each group and did not extend to the marginal ridges.
(4) A case of life threatening lead poisoning was diagnosed clinically in a Jewish scribe and verified by appropriate laboratory studies.
(5) He worked mainly as a scribe and copyist, drafting correspondence, copying letters written by others and researching a variety of issues.
(6) When I was translating his novel Broken Glass – a novel with no full stops, no sentences, in which a variety of characters relate their stories to a scribe in a downtown bar – I kept thinking of the African voices I heard around me in London.
(7) It's back to the battle between scribes and movable type.
(8) Following any assessment, results are literally shouted across the fence to a scribe who copies them on to a duplicate record sheet in conditions of safety.
(9) I would expect that an organisation so largely composed of journalists might more greatly value the contributions of fellow scribes.
(10) The special ink used by the scribe was found to contain lead in appreciable amounts.
(11) Eleven more asymptomatic subjects, both scribes and manufacturers of the ink, were studied and five were found to have subclinical lead overload.
(12) For scribes copied and recopied books in this city that loved leaning, creating a legacy of works transcribed in the 18th and 19th centuries as well as earlier.
(13) The scribes came to Him and they asked him for His words.
(14) Robert Newton Oldham • "Ignore the groans of vested interests" blusters David Cameron's ex-scribe Ian Birrell.
(15) So perhaps this is as good a moment as any to take my leave, and it doesn't make me feel any younger to find myself described in one gossip column as a "scribe" who is laying down his "quill".
(16) Takrit scribes in Cairo – through which the miles-long camel caravan of the king of the vast Mali Empire passed – said his wealth and generosity was unlike any they had seen.
(17) The length coincides approximately with the length of the 'writing tablet' (jotter) mentioned in 'Epidemics' VI 8.7 and with the ancient Greek standard unit of measure applied for the payment of scribes, namely 100 epic verses.
(18) Molecular sieve chromatography and sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation demonstrated that the chemotactic factor was a relatively low molecular weight product (15,000-30,000) and as such different from previously scribed C' system-derived chemotactic factors.
(19) It’s not hard to see what inspired Viking scribes: the island has pockets filled with silences that feel intensely charged.
(20) The historian John Man puts the Gutenberg revolution like this : "Suddenly, in a historical eye-blink, scribes were redundant.