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Webster 1913 Edition


Shrieve

Shrieve

,
Noun.
[Contr. from OE.
shereve
. See
Sheriff
.]
A sheriff.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Shrieve

,
Verb.
T.
To shrive; to question.
[Obs.]
“She gan him soft to shrieve.”
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shrieve

SHRIEVE

,
Noun.
Sherif. [Not in use.]