shritch

English

Etymology

Variant form of scritch.

Verb

shritch (third-person singular simple present shritches, present participle shritching, simple past and past participle shritched or shright)

  1. (obsolete) To screech, scream.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
      For shame, but more for feare of his grim sight, / Downe in her lap she hid her face, and loudly shright.

Derived terms

  • shritch-owl
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