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scrow

/skrəʊ/

scrow noun: scroll.

Noun

scrow (plural scrows)

  1. (obsolete) scroll
    • written in a little scrowe1556, Thomas Littleton, Littleton Tenures in Englishe
  2. (in plural, obsolete) writings
  3. (obsolete) the sky, the heavens
  4. (obsolete) notice, memo
  5. (obsolete) list, inventory
  6. (in plural, obsolete) leather strips for making glue

Forms of scrow

pluralscrows

Origin of scrow

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”).

Questions about scrow

What does scrow mean?
Scrow means scroll.
What part of speech is scrow?
Scrow is a noun.
How do you pronounce scrow?
Scrow is pronounced /skrəʊ/.
What is the plural of scrow?
The plural of scrow is scrows.

Words near scrow in the dictionary

  1. scrounging down
  2. scrounging out
  3. scrounging up
  4. scroungings
  5. scroungy
  6. scrow
  7. scrowdge
  8. scrowdged
  9. scrowdges
  10. scrowdging
  11. scrowge

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