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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scrower,) Scroller, n. [Scrow v.] A clerk responsible for drafting a legal document. — 1682 Lauder Notices Affairs I 391.
The foremen and wryters in the Clerks' Chambers … offered to forbear the agenting in thesse processes wheiron they ware ather wryters, scrollers, or extractors
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