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scrines

scrines is the plural of scrine.

Meaning of scrine

Noun

scrine (plural scrines)

  1. (obsolete) A chest or other box for storing valuables.
    • Lay forth out of thine euerlasting scryne
      The antique rolles, which there lye hidden still […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about scrines

What is scrines the plural of?
Scrines is the plural of scrine.

Words near scrines in the dictionary

  1. scrimshon
  2. scrimshorn
  3. scrimy
  4. scrinchy
  5. scrine
  6. scrines
  7. scringe
  8. scringed
  9. scringes
  10. scringing
  11. Scrioaștea

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