Scrīne, n.

n. [Lat. scrinium; a case, chest, or box for keeping books, papers, letters, &c., from scribere, to write; O. Fr. scrīn, escrīn, N. Fr. écrīn, Pr. escrīn, O. Sp. escrīnio, escrīnno, escrīño, It. scrigno, A.-S. & Icel. scrīn, Sw. skrin, Dan. skrīn, O. H. Ger. scrīni, M. H. Ger. schrīn, N. H. Ger. schrein.] A chest, book-case, or other place where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine. [Obs.] “But laid them up in his immortal scrine.” Spenser.