Scrieve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Scrieve is a verb meaning The design plan for building a ship.
Meaning
The design plan for building a ship.
More Meanings
- (dated, Scotland) To glide or move smoothly.
Example Sentences
Orders for two dozen tankers to be produced off the same scrieve […]
When additional vessels were required, the drawings, patterns and scrieves would all be ready, […]
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.
Word Forms
- scrieves
- scrieving
- scrieved
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sleek, glide, slip, skim, skate, slide.
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