Noah Webster
Scrap
SCRAP, noun [from scrape.]
1. A small piece; properly something scraped off, but used for any thing cut off; a fragment; a crumb; as scraps of meat.
2. A part; a detached piece; as scraps of history or poetry; scraps of antiquity; scraps of authors.
3. A small piece of paper. [If used for script, it is improper.]