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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1574
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(Scribe,) Scrib, n.2 [Scrib(e v. Cf. 18th c. Eng. scrip in the same sense.] Something set down in writing, a written communication. Cf. Scrape n. b. — 1574 Cal. Sc. P. V 16.
To me I never resavit ane scrib of pen sen my last being in Scheifeild
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