scringe /skɹɪnd͡ʒ/noun 3verb 3forms 3 noun3 •(dialect, US) 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. — 1859 •(dialect, US) 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 . — 1990 •A type of dragnet with a bag in the center and a very fine mesh.Of course, with surface-swimming fish the scringe or ground seine need not touch the bottom. — 1895 verb3 •(dialect, US) 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! — 1854 •(dialect, US) To scrape.When a boy sharpens his slate-pencil with a knife, he says it makes his teeth 'scringe'. — 1893 •To fish using a scringe. formsscringed · scringing · scringes
