scrine

English

Etymology

From Old French escrin (French écrin), from Latin scrīnium. Doublet of shrine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɹaɪn/

Noun

scrine (plural scrines)

1. (obsolete) A chest or other box for storing valuables.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Lay forth out of thine euerlasting scryne
     The antique rolles, which there lye hidden still […]

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• cerins