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▪ I. † diˈstrait, n. Obs.
[later form of destrait, destrayt, OF. destreit, mod.F. détroit:—L. district-um.]
a. A narrow passage (of land or water); an isthmus or strait;
b. a strait or difficult situation;
c. a district.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. vi, [The winds] remysed us in to the cruel dystraytis of Eolus. c1477― Jason 42 b, I had leuer to receyue and passe the distrait of dethe. 1562J. Shute Cambine's Turk. Wars 7 b, If this distraite of y⊇ land were cut through, Peloponesso shold be an isle.
▪ II. diˈstrait, a.
[a. F. distrait (in 16th c. also distraict), pa. pple. of distraire to distract. The form distrat appears to connect this with distract.]
†1. Distracted in mind; excessively perplexed or troubled. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. viii. 80 Þou shalt ben so destrat by aspre þinges þat þou shalt forgone sykernesse. 1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 17 The other ladyes..cryyng and wepyng, all distraite made a pitous and lamentable noyse. c1450tr. De Imitatione ii. i, So muche is a man lette and distraite, as þinges are drawen to him.
2. Having the attention distracted from what is present; absent-minded. [from mod.F., and usually treated as an alien word |distrɛ, diːˈstreɪ| with F. fem. distraite |distrɛt, diːˈstreɪt|.]
[1711Budgell Spect. No. 77 ⁋ 1 One of those Sort of Men who are very often absent in Conversation, and what the French call a reveur and a distrait.] 1748Chesterfield Lett. (1774) I. cxxxiii. 325, I took care never to be absent or distrait. 1771E. Griffith Lady Barton I. 72 He..sometimes appears gloomy and distrait. 1788Walpoliana xlii. 21 Oh, Madam (exclaimed the distrait prelate), he had such a brimstone of a wife! 1824Byron Juan xvi. xxx, So much distrait was he. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxvii, She was very distraite. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago xxvi, She..tried to make her talk; but she was distrait, reserved. 1883E. Ingersoll in Harper's Mag. Feb. 431/2 This knowledge..kept her distrait.
†3. as pa. pple. Torn to pieces, divided. Obs.
1579E. K. Gloss. in Spenser's Sheph. Cal. June 25 All Italy was distraict into..Factions. |