† escrivann.
Obsolete. rare.
A clerk on board a ship, a supercargo.
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1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xi. 341 The Escrivan of the said ship..desir'd we would sell him the Jesus Maria.
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n.1726- to get, have, or take the right sow by the ear
- to get, have, or take the wrong sow by the ear
- to get, have, possess the dead-wood
- to get, have, possess the deadwood
- to get, have, take scathe
- to get, have, tie a bun on
- to get, take, or have a rise out of
- to getupon
- to gibbet into
- to gie it laldy
- to gie laldy
- to gie someone laldy
- to gig
- to gig back
- to gig it
- to gig out
- to giggle away
- to giggle out
- to giggle out time
- to gild over
- to gild the lily
- to gild the pill
- to gipsy away
- to gird about
- to gird down