Definitions:
" a piece of writing; a letter or its contents; a document. in later use sometimes: specifically a letter or other piece of writing used by a beggar to appeal for money.

originally scottish. a promissory note or a banknote; specifically one that is forged or counterfeit. later also as a mass noun: paper money. compare ""screen"".

a pointed tool used for scoring or engraving wood; = ""scribe"".

any of the lines or grooves incised on a scrive board, which mark out the body plan of a ship or boat.

to write. also with object: to write (something). chiefly scottish in later use.

to engrave or inscribe (a surface or object); to inscribe or incise (letters, symbols, etc.) on a surface or object. usually in passive.

to mark out or incise (the outlines of the body plan of a ship or boat) in full size on a wooden platform, using a pointed tool. also with in or out. compare ""scribe"", scrieve board. now chiefly historical.