scrine

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskɹaɪn/

Noun

scrine (plural scrines)

(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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