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(Scrive,) Scryve, n. [f. as Scrivand ppl. adj., Scriving vbl. n. Common in the mod. dial.] Something written, a document, a letter. — 1581 Dundee Shipping L. 202.
Maister of the schyp callit the Falcon arryvit fra Overdansk & gaiff up hes entris contenit in ane scryve in particklar quhilk is delyverit to the dene of gild 1598 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 163.
The brethrein … overburdenit, pairtlie be taxationis … and pairtlie for officiaris feis and scryves to the presbytrie [etc.]
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