scrine

scrine

English

Etymology

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

Noun

scrine (plural scrines)

1. (obsolete) A chest or other box for storing valuables.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.2:

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

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