Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Shrieve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrieve \Shrieve\, n. [Contr. from OE. shereve. See {Sheriff}.]
A sheriff. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrieve \Shrieve\, v. t.
To shrive; to question. [Obs.] ``She gan him soft to
shrieve.'' --Spenser.
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