scringe means the act or sound of scratching or scraping. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
scringe is pronounced /skɹɪnd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Compare cringe and shrink.
noun
- The act or sound of scratching or scraping.“Any teenager who, like myself, has ever got the gooseflesh at the flush and scringe of Hopkins's assonances and alliterations proves this upon his or her pulses .”
- A cringe.“Well, on that June day I embraced her with a slight scringe, and, seating her in my armchair, threw myself down upon the floor, out of reach of her arms, with my hands clasped around my knees.”
- A type of dragnet with a bag in the center and a very fine mesh.“Trawling, or scringing, for salmon trout is, in some respects, similar to splashing, and is also carried on between the hours of sunset and sunrise, in the nooks, bays, and other suitable places along the sore of either the coast or of the sea-water loch, into which rivulets and streams empty themselves, although there are many places in which the splash net can be advantageously used where the sc”
verb
- To cringe or shrink.“It made me scringe to hear her, Sir, " said she, adding, with a change of tone, " but I must scringe for myself yet; for , oh dear! how can I talk about other people's sins, and I such a sinner!”
- To scrape.“When a boy sharpens his slate-pencil with a knife, he says it makes his teeth 'scringe'.”
- To fish using a scringe.“Trawling, or scringing, for salmon trout is, in some respects, similar to splashing, and is also carried on between the hours of sunset and sunrise, in the nooks, bays, and other suitable places along the sore of either the coast or of the sea-water loch, into which rivulets and streams empty themselves, although there are many places in which the splash net can be advantageously used where the sc”