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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1687
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Scrible, v.2 [Cf. Germ. schrubbeln, schrobbeln, frequentative f. LG schrubben, schrobben to scrub.] To card or tease wool before spinning. — 1687 New Mills Manuf. 141.
For whyte English warp … that is scribled 1½ d. the pound 1687 Ib.
For English mixt wooll scribled 2 d. per pound 1687 Ib. 142.
That noe cloath … be permitted to be woven, scribled or dressed by any of our servants 1687 Ib. 156.
Nyne stone of his noills scribled and spune
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