| 单词 | scrivening |
| 释义 | ▪ I. scrivening, vbl. n.|ˈskrɪv(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. scriven v. + -ing1.]
1. Writing, esp. of a mechanical or arduous kind.
1809M. Edgeworth Ennui xxi. (1893) 237 He..would, after two or three hours' hard scrivening,..permit me to yawn, and stretch, and pity myself, and curse the useless repetitions of lawyers. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. 221 When I had done my scrivening, Hanson strolled out.
b. attrib.
1828Craven Gloss., Scrivenin time, time appropriated to writing. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics vi. i. (1860) I. 141 Had I that same scrivening art at my service, I should write me a book setting forth what I..observed. 1896Crockett Grey Man xi. 79 Two sheets of clean scrivening paper.
2. money scrivening: the business of a money scrivener. Hist.
1885Weekly Notes 68/1 They did a considerable business in money scrivening, receiving money from clients both for specific and general investment.
▪ II. ˈscrivening, ppl. a.
[Formed as prec. + -ing2.]
Following the occupation of a scrivener.
a1754Fielding Fathers Prol., Now Slipslop enters..tho' this scriv'ning vagrant Salted my virtue, which was ever flagrant. 1814M. Edgeworth Patronage xxiii. (1893) I. 364 When he was a scrivening nobody in his garret. |
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