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Quotation dates: 1643
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(Scrow-cais,) Skrue cais, Schrew cais, n. [? Scrow n.1 and Cas(e n.2] ? A writing or document case. — 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX 236b.
Nyn skrue caisis … xvj lib. iiij s. … thrie skrue caisis with inkhornes … v lib. viij s. … sevin leather schrew caisis 1643 Edinburgh Testaments LX 270b.
Sevin leather schrew caisis and thrie dossane of etuises and fyve dossane of chisouris estimat all to xxxv lib.
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