Scrap

n.	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.	The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
	4.	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 foundry scrap, or cast scrap.

Noun	1.	scrap - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" Synonyms: chip, fleck, bit, flake
	2.	scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of Synonyms: rubbish, trash
	3.	scrap - a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
	4.	scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" Synonyms: fight, fighting, combat
Verb	1.	scrap - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" Synonyms: junk, trash
	2.	scrap - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something" Synonyms: altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute
	3.	scrap - make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
Adj.	1.	scrap - disposed of as useless; "waste paper" Synonyms: junked, waste, cast-off, discarded

SCRAP - Something written at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa in the late 1970s. It ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer computers and was in use until the late 1980s.

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