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▪ I. scringe, n. (skrɪndʒ) [Belongs to scringe v.2] A kind of seine net. Also scringe net.1851 Act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 26 §6 It shall not be lawful for any Person to use for the Purpose of taking Herrings..any Sweep, Circle, Ring Net, or Scringe Net, or any Net prohibited by the said..Acts. 1895 ‘J. Bi...
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scrinch
scrinch, v. U.S. (skrɪntʃ) [Cf. scringe v.] intr. To sit closely, to squeeze together.1869 Mrs. Whitney We Girls vi, Nor have to scrinch all up..for fear she'd touch us.
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scrunch
▪ I. scrunch, n. (skrʌntʃ) [f. scrunch v.] 1. The noise made by scrunching.1857 Dufferin Lett. High Lat. 219 Leaning forward in expectation of the scrunch I knew must come. 1892 ‘Vernon Lee’ in Contemp. Rev. May 670 Its snow was becoming less crisp (before you might have almost heard its scrunch). 2...
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scrooch
scrooch, v. dial. and colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). (skruːtʃ) Also scrouch. [Dialectal var. of scrouge v., perh. reinforced (in later uses) by crouch v.1; see also scrinch v., scringe v.1 and scrunch v.] 1. intr. = scrouge v. 1 b, c; to crouch or bend. Freq. with down. Also fig.1844 ‘J. Slick’ H...
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List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
Scrounge – Appropriate, borrow, or acquire (possibly by doubtful means); derived from "scringe," meaning to search about, rummage, or pilfer.
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scrounge
▪ I. scrounge, n. (Formerly at scrounge v.1) colloq. (skraʊndʒ) [f. the vb.] 1. The action of scrounging; freq. in phr. on the scrounge.1927 Daily Express 17 Aug. 3 (heading) Suffolks on the scrounge. Village trek for recruits. 1950 Landfall Mar. 127, I drained my fifth warm bottle-full ages ago and...
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scr-
scr- 1. While as a general rule an initial sc- or sk- in a mod.Eng. word indicates that the word is not of OE. origin (OE. sc- being normally represented, in dialects as well as in standard English, by sh-), it is doubtful whether the rule applies to the combination scr-. The modern representation o...
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