Green’s Dictionary of Slang

scribe v.

to write.

1753, 1786		implied in scribing-gloak n.
1964		‘Return of Honky-Tonk Bud’ in D. Wepman et al. Life (1976) 62: Late that night he scribed a kite / To five different parts of the world.
1996		P. Cornwell Cause of Death (1997) 199: Not a problem. You want me to scribe?