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Scrine

Scrine\, n. [L. scrinium a case for books, letters, etc.: cf. OF. escrin, F. ['e]crin. See Shrine.] A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine. [Obs.]

But laid them up in immortial scrine. --Spenser.

Scrine

Scrine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scringing.] [Cf. Cringe.] To cringe. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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