scrow

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/skrəʊ/

noun

scroll

OriginMiddle English scrowe ← Old French escroe ← Frankish *skrōda →
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Meanings

nounscrow (plural scrows)

plural scrows

  1. obsoletescroll

    written in a little scrowe

    1556, Thomas Littleton, Littleton Tenures in Englishe
  2. in pluralobsoletewritings
  3. obsoletethe sky, the heavens
  4. obsoletenotice, memo
  5. obsoletelist, inventory
  6. in pluralobsoleteleather strips for making glue

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skraudaną“to shred”
  2. Proto-Germanic*skraudō
  3. Frankish*skrōda“piece”
  4. Old Frenchescroe“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”
  5. Middle Englishscrowe
  6. Englishscrow

From Middle English scrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”).

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APA

scrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrow

MLA

“scrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrow.

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