scringes

Verb

scringe (third-person singular simple present scringes, present participle scringing, simple past and past participle scringed)

1. (UK, US, dialectal, intransitive) To cringe or shrink.
   • It made me scringe to hear her, Sir, " said she, adding, with a change of tone, " but I must scringe for myself yet; for , oh dear! how can I talk about other people's sins, and I such a sinner!1854 December, “Real Scenes of Gipsy Life”, in The Two-penny post
2. (UK, US, dialectal, intransitive) To scrape.
   • When a boy sharpens his slate-pencil with a knife, he says it makes his teeth 'scringe'.1893, English Dialect Society, Publications - Volume 36, page 40
3. To fish using a scringe.
   • Trawling, or scringing, for salmon trout is, in some respects, similar to splashing, and is also carried on between the hours of sunset and sunrise, in the nooks, bays, and other suitable places along the sore of either the coast or of the sea-water loch, into which rivulets and streams empty...1859 October, “Trawling, or Scringing, For Salmon Trout and Other Fish”, in The Knapsack, volume 1, page 258

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