单词 | a scribe of a pen |
释义 | > as lemmasa scribe of a pen 1. Chiefly Scottish. A piece or scrap of writing; a hasty scribble; a written communication; a letter. Chiefly in a scribe of a pen and variants (cf. scrape of a pen at scrape n.1 2b). Chiefly in negative contexts. ΚΠ 1574 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1907) V. 16 To me I never resavit ane scrib of pen sen my last being in Scheifeild. 1708 Ravished Maid in Wilderness 38 There was not any of them had a scrib of a Pen against the Union till it was concluded. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 69 She..niver yence sent the scribe of a pen. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xxv. 257 Feint a scribe o' a pen did I receive frae her in reply. 1902 S. R. Crockett Banner of Blue viii. 88 Jeems Carlyle never wrote a scribe o' print, or hand-write either. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 109/2 Can ye mak oot yon scribe? 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 73/2 Wir no hed a scribe fae Willy sin he left. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 291/2 Scribe, a mark, a stroke, especially a scribe of the pen. 2017 I. W. D. Forde in Lallans 91 98 Tho A hae awned this LP fur monie eirs..A hedna tuik tent o this bit skrib. < as lemmas |
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