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▪ 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.)
1785Burns Halloween xxiv, She thro' the whins, an' by the cairn, An' owre the hill gaed scrievin. ― Sc. Drink v, But oil'd by thee, The wheels o' life gae down-hill, scrievin, Wi' rattlin glee. 1822Hogg Perils of Man I. 54 Scrieving o'er law and dale. 1896Crockett Grey Man i. 3 A screed of muirburn screeving across the hills. ▪ II. scrieve, v.2 Shipbuilding.|skriːv| [Dialectal var. scrive v. (Eng. Dial. Dict.); cf. screeve v.2] = scrive v. 2. Freq. in Comb. as scrieve-board = scrive-board.
1898T. H. Watson Naval Archit. vi. 54 The Scrieve Board is a platform of well-seasoned deals... Sometimes both sides of the ship are scrieved in. 1901T. Walton Steel Ships vii. 180 He then transfers from the mould loft floor to the scrieve board the midship section of the vessel... He also scrieves in all decks, stringers, keelsons, and floors. 1921Flight XIII. 214/1 Many engineers and aircraft builders do not realise to what fine limits naval architects have to work when scrieving out the lines. 1951Engineering 15 June 730/1 Beside this striking exhibit is the scrieve board corresponding to it, showing all the details of the construction. 1957[see loftsman]. ▪ III. scrieve var. screeve n. |