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screeve, screever, screive, screiver, scrieve, scriever, scriv, scrive, skreeve,
screeve [skriːv, WC. skreːv]
n. A large scratch, an abrasion of the skin. A rent or tear in a garment. A skid mark on a road. A scraping or grating sound, the sound made by tearing cloth.
v. To graze the skin. To peel or tear off a surface or covering, scratch, abrade, scrape. To make a scraping motion or sound, to draw an object over the surface of another with a screeching noise. To play on a fiddle. To sharpen a slate-pencil. To scrub a table or floor etc.
pt. pp. screeved
n. A large scratch, an abrasion of the skin. A rent or tear in a garment. A skid mark on a road. A scraping or grating sound, the sound made by tearing cloth.
v. To graze the skin. To peel or tear off a surface or covering, scratch, abrade, scrape. To make a scraping motion or sound, to draw an object over the surface of another with a screeching noise. To play on a fiddle. To sharpen a slate-pencil. To scrub a table or floor etc.
pt. pp. screeved
Compounds and phrases etc.
screever [ˈskriːvər, WC. ˈskreːvər]: A dropped scone cooked on a griddle. A miser, skinflint.
See screed, scrieve also.
screevener, screivener, scrievener,
screevener [ˈskriːvənər]
n. A scrivener.
n. A scrivener.
screu, screw, skrew, skroo,
screw [skruː]
n. The shrew Sorex araneus.
n. The shrew Sorex araneus.
screu, screw, screwdriver, screwtap, scrow, scrowe, skrew, skroo,
screw [skruː]
n. A screw. A freshwater shrimp.
n. A screw. A freshwater shrimp.
Compounds and phrases etc.
Paisley screw: A screw driven home with a hammer instead of a screwdriver, also connoting laziness.
Paisley screwdriver, Glesgae screwdriver: A hammer used instead of a screwdriver to drive in a screw.
screwdriver: A screwdriver.
screwtap: A screw top bottle.
unscrew: To unfasten or be unfastened by twisting.
Paisley screwdriver, Glesgae screwdriver: A hammer used instead of a screwdriver to drive in a screw.
screwdriver: A screwdriver.
screwtap: A screw top bottle.
unscrew: To unfasten or be unfastened by twisting.
scribe,
scribe [skrəib]
n. A mark made with a pen, a piece of writing. A written scrap, letter.
v. To write.
n. A mark made with a pen, a piece of writing. A written scrap, letter.
v. To write.
scridan, scriddan, scridden,
scriddan [ˈskrtɪdtən]
n. A mountain stream. A torrent or its bed. The rocks and gravel brought down by such.
n. A mountain stream. A torrent or its bed. The rocks and gravel brought down by such.
screef, screev, screeve, screeved, screever, screevin, screevit, screiv$t, screivar, screive, screived, screiven, screiver, screivet, screivin, screivins, screivit, screvin, scrievan, scrieve, scrieved, scrieven, scrievener, scriever, scrievin, scrievin$, scrievit, scrievt, scrive, scrived, scriven, scriver, skreefer, skreevar, skreeve, skreever, skreevin, skreive, skreived, skreiver, skreivin, skrieve, skriever, skrive, skrived,
scrieve [skriːv]
n. A long or voluble story. A lengthy animated chat. A discourse, harangue. A long solo performance on a musical instrument. A piece of writing, a letter or its contents. A sharp-pointed tool for incising a mark on wood, the mark so made.
v. To move, glide, bowl swiftly along. To speed on smoothly. Of a fire: to flare up, to burn fiercely, to sweep onwards. To work vigorously. To talk fluently and at some length, to hold forth. To read quickly and continuously. To reel off a long story, to recite copiously. To write easily and copiously. To scratch or incise a mark such as the outline of some object on a piece of wood for cutting out.
pt. pp. scrieved
n. A long or voluble story. A lengthy animated chat. A discourse, harangue. A long solo performance on a musical instrument. A piece of writing, a letter or its contents. A sharp-pointed tool for incising a mark on wood, the mark so made.
v. To move, glide, bowl swiftly along. To speed on smoothly. Of a fire: to flare up, to burn fiercely, to sweep onwards. To work vigorously. To talk fluently and at some length, to hold forth. To read quickly and continuously. To reel off a long story, to recite copiously. To write easily and copiously. To scratch or incise a mark such as the outline of some object on a piece of wood for cutting out.
pt. pp. scrieved
Compounds and phrases etc.
scriever [ˈskriːvər]: A vigorous energetic and speedy worker. A derogatory term for a writer, a scribbler. A howling gale. MN. A skimmer for surface soil and weeds.
scrievin [ˈskriːvɪn]: Gliding gleefully. Scribbling, writing copiously.
scrievin [ˈskriːvɪn]: Gliding gleefully. Scribbling, writing copiously.
See screed also.
scrift, skrift,
scrift [skrɪft]
n. A long account or piece of writing.
v. To recite, declaim such.
n. A long account or piece of writing.
v. To recite, declaim such.
scrim, scrimage, scrimge, scrimmage, scrumsh, scrymge, skreem, skreemage, skrim, skrimage, skrimmage, skrum, skrumage, skrummage,
scrim [skrɪm]
v. To beat, strike or knock about with vigour. To rub or scrub energetically. To hunt about for, to acquire by a thorough bustling search. To work vigorously and effectively, to bustle about. To move quickly, scud or scurry along.
v. To beat, strike or knock about with vigour. To rub or scrub energetically. To hunt about for, to acquire by a thorough bustling search. To work vigorously and effectively, to bustle about. To move quickly, scud or scurry along.
scrimmage
n. A rubbing, beating.
v. To rub or beat etc.
n. A rubbing, beating.
v. To rub or beat etc.
crim, crimp, krimp, scrim, scrimp, scrimpet, scrimpie, scrimpit, scrimpness, scrimps, scrimpy, scrump, skimpit, skrimp, skrump,
scrimp [skrɪmp]
also I. crimp
n. A shrimp.
adj. Scant, meagre. In short measure, barely enough, deficient. Niggardly, parsimonious, ungenerous, sparing. Of clothes: short, constricted. Of numbers: limited, sparse, bare. Of people: having a scanty supply, pinched, in want.
adv. Scarcely, barely, almost but not quite.
v. To restrict in supplies. To keep on short commons. To stint, to be frugal or parsimonious, to economise. To restrict or cut down in amount, to be niggardly with, to use or consume frugally.
pt. pp. scrimpit adj. Scanty, deficient, inadequate, cramped, restricted, undersized, stinted, niggardly, mean.
also I. crimp
n. A shrimp.
adj. Scant, meagre. In short measure, barely enough, deficient. Niggardly, parsimonious, ungenerous, sparing. Of clothes: short, constricted. Of numbers: limited, sparse, bare. Of people: having a scanty supply, pinched, in want.
adv. Scarcely, barely, almost but not quite.
v. To restrict in supplies. To keep on short commons. To stint, to be frugal or parsimonious, to economise. To restrict or cut down in amount, to be niggardly with, to use or consume frugally.
pt. pp. scrimpit adj. Scanty, deficient, inadequate, cramped, restricted, undersized, stinted, niggardly, mean.
scrimpie
adj. Scanty, inadequate.
adj. Scanty, inadequate.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scrimp o: Short of.
scrimpness: Scantiness, deficiency, simple-mindedness.
scrimpness: Scantiness, deficiency, simple-mindedness.