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scrive-board Shipbuilding. (ˈskraɪvbɔəd) [f. scrive v.] A large drawing-board made of planks, on which the lines of a vessel are scribed.1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuild. xx. 429 The name commonly given to these boards by the workmen is the scrive or scriving boards. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 59 When the l...
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scriving
ˈscriving, vbl. n. [-ing1.] The action of scrive v.; attrib. in scriving-board = scrive-board; scriving-iron = scribing-iron.1847 Halliwell, Scriving-iron, an instrument used for numbering trees for sale. 1869 [see scrive-board].
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scrieve
▪ I. scrieve, v.1 Sc. (skriːv) Also screeve, skrieve, screive, scrive. [app. a. ON. skrefa to stride.] intr. To move or glide along swiftly. (See also Eng. Dial. Dict. and Jam.)1785 Burns Halloween xxiv, She thro' the whins, an' by the cairn, An' owre the hill gaed scrievin. ― Sc. Drink v, But oil'd...
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set
▪ I. set, n.1 (sɛt) Also 4–5 sete, 3–6 sette, (6 seat), 5– (now prevalent in many technical senses) sett. [f. set v.1, partly directly from the vb.-stem, and partly a subst. use of set ppl. a.; the two formations cannot always be distinguished. OE. had set neut., seat (in sing. place of setting of t...
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