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† exˈtensure Obs.
[f. L. extens- ppl. stem of extendĕre to extend + -ure. Cf. extendure.]
a. The condition of being extended or strained.
b. The action of stretching or spreading out; in quot. concr.
c. Extent.
1594Zepheria xxxvi. in Arb. Garner V. 84 Mistrust..Hath my crime racked, yet to more high extensure. 1604Drayton Owle 36 A goodly Tree; Under th' extensure of whose Lordly Armes, The small Birds warbled their harmonious Charmes. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 866 A smooth plaine..some two miles in extensure. |