scauper

Compare scalper.

scauper (plural scaupers)

1. A tool with a semicircular edge, used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving.
   • 1889, P. Tracy, “Note on Mounting Shark Teeth”, in Science-Gossip:

     If you can, engrave some scroll work on the silver cap with a sharp scauper

• “scauper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• apercus, aperçus, earcups, scare up