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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1662
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(Scruken,) v. P.t. scrukn-, skrukned. [ONorw. dial. skrokken p.p. of skrøkka to shrivel (cognate with S(c)hrink v.) and skrokna to shrink. Also in the later dial. as scrocken v.] To dry out. — 1662 Criminal Trials III 612.
Efter it [sc. the picture] had skrukned a litle befor the fyre 1662 Criminal Trials III 618.
It [sc. a clay picture] ves putt to the fyre, first till it scrukned, and than a cleir fyre about it till it ves hard
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