Content produced in HTML format can be converted into RSS by a process known as 'scraping'. Scrapers attempt to automatically identify items suitable for RSS by analyzing the markup on a web page. Feeds produced in this way tend to be of lower quality than those tailor made by other means, although scraping can be enhanced by the use of special HTML tags designed to assist scraping programs
In intaglio, a process for making changes In the plate by scraping the metal with a wedge-shaped tool below the level of the incised line so that the scraped area does not hold ink. The surface is then smoothed and polished with a burnisher. In lithography, the process of scraping away tusche or asphaltum with a razor to make a corrections or to create an image in maniere noire.
(also called Glassing) Trimming off excess leather by scraping it with the edges of a small piece of broken glass, or with a sharp knife. This is usually done with heel or outer sole edges after shaping them with a knife or rasp. [Devlin, 1840] Scraping the grain of leather that is intended to be layered will help keep the layers from squeaking.
The easiest and safest of all lathe turning cuts in which the chisel is usually held perpendicular to the workpiece and fed slowly into the rotating stock. Although the gradual easing of the chisel into the stock during scraping produces the least gouges and errors, a finished turning that has been scraped will require more sanding than one that has been sheared.
Also called Jenkins Creekers and bar cats. Illegal method of crabbing where a large net pulled behind a workboat scrapes up crabs and everything else from the bottom