Definition of Skreen

1. n. & v. See Screen.

Definition of Skreen

1. Noun. (obsolete form of screen) ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete form of screen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skreen

1. a partition [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skreen

skosh
skoshes
skotison
skototropism
skototropisms
skout
skouts
skowitz
skran
skrans
skreak
skreegh
skreeghed
skreeghing
skreeghs
skreen (current term)
skreened
skreening
skreens
skreigh
skreighed
skreighing
skreighs
skriech
skrieched
skriechs
skried
skriegh
skrieghed
skrieghs

Literary usage of Skreen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zohrab the Hostage. by James Justinian Morier (1833)
"breathing of some one behind the skreen was heard. ... Upon this an eye and a small hand were seen through the crevice of the skreen, showing anxiety to ..."

2. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"As all the eastern skreen is richly and picturesquely .wooded, the illumination of the ... Some prominent part of the woody skreen always catches the light, ..."

3. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1889)
"There are great remains of the Abbey, as a hall with a fine carved skreen, a date on it of about 1428; a room called the ..."

4. Illustrations of Lying, in All Its Branches by Amelia Alderson Opie (1829)
"THE skreen, OR " NOT AT HOME." THE widow of Governor Atheling returned from the East Indies, old, rich, and childless; and as she had none but very distant ..."

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