- Scrow
- Scrow Scrow (? or ?), n. [See {Escrow}, {Scroll}.]
1. A scroll. [Obs.] --Palsgrave.
[1913 Webster]
2. A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Scrow
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