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ˈthin-ˌspun, a.
(stress var.)
Spun thinly; drawn out in spinning to a slender thread. Also fig.
1637Milton Lycidas 76 Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin spun life. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. iv. ix, Thin-spun reason and exile discourse. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 93 How thin-spun clouds glide swiftly by. Ibid. 120 Nor broken seam, nor thin-spun screen. |