scrutore

English

Noun

scrutore (plural scrutores)

1. Obsolete form of escritoire.
   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):

     But this princess, who has an infinite deal of wit and humour, set me gently on my feet upon the scrutoire […]

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 578:

     When our heroe had finished and sent this letter, he went to his scrutore, took out Miss Western's muff, kissed it several times, and then strutted some turns about his room […]

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• Courters, courters, rectours