scrieve

present singular third person scrieves · participle present scrieving · participle past scrieved · past scrieved

1. ScotlanddatedTo 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

plural scrieves

1. The design plan for building a ship.

   Orders for two dozen tankers to be produced off the same scrieve […]

   1958, Duncan Burn, The Structure of British Industry: A Symposium, page 109

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   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