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screeve1 verb to write 16-. etymology: Scots also Gaelic and Irish sgrìobh and scríobhs; evidence for modern usage obscure but ultimately from Latin scrībĕre ‘to write’; also attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and by BS in TDITA
screeve2 noun a well-off Traveller 20-. etymology: Scots; origin obscure but perhaps connected with screeve3; attested by BS in TDITA and BW note:

Attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) with the same meaning.

screeve3, skreeve noun a car 20-.
skreever a car owner 20-. etymology: possibly Cant; but perhaps connected to Scots screeve ‘to move or slide along swiftly’; form skreeve attested by JS and collected by RD