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To distribute again. -- Re*dis`tri*bu"tion (-tr, n.

Referable. Hallam.

To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.

To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal. [Obs. or R.] Locke.

One who makes retribution.

The act of retributing; repayment. In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly. Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.

Capable of being written, or of being written upon. [R.]

Skillful in, or fond of, writing. [Obs.] Barrow.

A painter's pencil.

To card coarsely; to run through the scribling machine.

A scribble. [R.] oster.

One who scribles; a literary hack. The scribbler, pinched with hunger, writes to dine. Granville.

The act or process of carding coarsely. Scribbing machine, the machine used for the first carding of wool or other fiber; -- called also scribbler.

In a scribbling manner.

To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.

A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.

The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ. F. W. Robertson.

A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.

Capable of being subscribed. [R.]