scrieve

verb, noun — 2 senses

scrieve

verb

1

Scotland, Dated To glide or move smoothly.

Unlike the monotonous tones of London's streets, the sounds changed every few steps, so that the rattle of pollarded oaks could be followed by the trumpeting of bullfrogs and then the sudden sigh of scrieving swifts.1997, Nicholas Crane, Clear Waters Rising : a mountain walk across Europe, London: Penguin Books:

scrieve

noun

1

The design plan for building a ship.

When additional vessels were required, the drawings, patterns and scrieves would all be ready, […]1919, Walter Pollock, Hot Bulb Oil Engines and Suitable Vessels, page 206:
Orders for two dozen tankers to be produced off the same scrieve […]1958, Duncan Burn, The Structure of British Industry: A Symposium, page 109:

Derived terms: scrieve board, scrieve knife

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