A piece of writing; a letter or its contents; a document. In later use sometimes: specifically a letter or other piece of writing used by a beggar to appeal for money.

Originally Scottish. A promissory note or a banknote; specifically one that is forged or counterfeit. Later also as a mass noun: paper money. Compare "screen".

A pointed tool used for scoring or engraving wood; = "scribe".

Any of the lines or grooves incised on a scrive board, which mark out the body plan of a ship or boat.

To write. Also with object: to write (something). Chiefly Scottish in later use.

To engrave or inscribe (a surface or object); to inscribe or incise (letters, symbols, etc.) on a surface or object. Usually in passive.

To mark out or incise (the outlines of the body plan of a ship or boat) in full size on a wooden platform, using a pointed tool. Also with in or out. Compare "scribe", scrieve board. Now chiefly historical.

To move or glide along swiftly. Frequently with adverbs or prepositions, as across, on, over, etc.