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thorough-paced, a.|ˈθʌrəpeɪst|
Also β. 7 through-paced.
[f. thorough adv. + paced.]
1. lit. Of a horse: Thoroughly trained; having all his paces. rare. ? Obs.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Huntington. (1662) ii. 51 It is given to thorough-paced-Naggs, that amble naturally, to trip much whilest artificial pacers goe surest on foot.
β1668Lond. Gaz. No. 272/4 A Baye Mare,..flat ribb'd, Roach back'd, through paced.
2. fig. Thoroughly trained or accomplished, perfectly skilled or versed (in something); hence, thoroughgoing, complete, perfect, thorough.
1646W. Jenkyn Remora 18 The thorow-pac'd Politician borrows this of the Atheist. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §30. 382 Anaxagoras..was severely taxed..as one not thorough-paced in Theism. 1710Palmer Proverbs 114 A thoro'-pac'd villain. a1715Burnet Own Time an. 1681 (1823) II. 278 Men of a thorough-paced obsequiousness. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Old Margate Hoy, A hearty thorough-paced liar. 1850Grote Greece ii. lvi. VII. 132 Introducing more thorough-paced oligarchy into the already oligarchical Sikyônian government. 1893Spectator 28 Jan. 101/2 A thorough-paced English gentleman.
β1655Fuller Church Hist. i. iv. §13 Constantius was a through-paced Christian. 1658Phillips Dict. Ded., An universally through-pac't Dictionary. a1661Fuller Worthies, Huntington. (1662) ii. 50 He was through-paced in three Tongues, Latine, Greek..and Hebrew. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 535 Robert Burton..was..a thro-pac'd Philologist.
So † ˈthorough-pace v. intr. Obs. of a horse; † ˈthorough-ˌpacer, a horse having all his paces.
1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1945/4 A bay Nag..seven years old, a thorough pacer. 1690Ibid. No. 2545/4 A light sorrel Gelding,..walks, thorough-paces and gallops. |