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Originally Posted by Conor
From "A Certain Dr Thorndyke".
Anyone know the word? Only four hits on Google, and three refer to the book. The fourth is "Scrib, ellos". Google Translate says it's Spanish, but doesn't translate it.
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I think it's a sort of allitteration of "scrivello", which is an elephant's tusk.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrivello