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† Mediterrane, a. and n. Obs.
Also -an, -ayne, -en, -ean.
[ad. L. mediterrān-eus: see Mediterranean.]
A. adj.
1. = Mediterranean A. 2.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. xiii. 1249 Fra þe Mer Mediterrayne Lyis souythe on to þe Occiane. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 588 He that neuer saw the sea will not be persuaded that there is a mediterrane sea. 1621Ainsworth Annot. Pentat., Numb. xxxiv. 6 This great sea is commonly called the Mediterrane Sea. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 25 The Riuiera of Genoa, along the Mediterrean sea. Ibid. iii. 77 Now Creta comes, the Mediterren Queene.
2. Inland, interior; = Mediterranean A. 1.
1598in Hakluyt's Voy. (1904) VI. 357 They that have seene the mediterran or inner parts of the kingdom of China, do report [etc.]. 1608Bacon Sp. Gen. Natural. Wks. 1826 V. 54 It is the mediterrane countries, and not the maritime, which need to fear surcharge of people. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 262 It were a most unreasonable thing that the same Lawes should be imposed upon Mediterrane places, where are observed in Maritime.
B. n.
a. An enclosed piece of water.
b. The Mediterranean Sea.
1658R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) 197 By what means then was she moved into this small Mediterrane? 1662Ogilby King's Coronation 18 We'll whip him like a Gig About the Mediterrane. |