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contund, v. rare.|kənˈtʌnd|
[ad. L. contundĕre, f. con- together + tundĕre to beat, thump, etc.]
†1. trans. To pound, bruise, beat small (in a mortar). Obs. or arch.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 49/2 Take Roses, and contunde them with the whyte of an Egge. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 236 Medicines made of vegetables, decocted, contunded or mixed, etc. 1656Blount Glossogr., Contund, to knock or beat in peeces.
2. To bruise (the body), affect with contusions; to pound or thrash (adversaries). humorous or affected.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. ii. 71 His muscles were so extended and contunded that he was not Corpus mobile. Ibid. iii. viii. 117 He would so contund him. 1865Pall Mall G. 13 Sept. 11/1 We drove into Avranches, wearied and contunded (as a friend of mine expresses it). 1885Burgon in Q. Rev. Jan. 19 (Twelve Good Men II. 185) He was, single-handed, contunding a host of unbelievers.
Hence conˈtunded ppl. a., conˈtunding vbl. n. and ppl. a.; conˈtunder, one who ‘contunds’.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 136/1 Make of contundede Akornes, and of honye a paest. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 51 Preparations..made with contunding, grinding, or scraping. 1758J. S. tr. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 65 A contunding Instrument strikes the Head. 1820L. Hunt Indicator No. 63 II. 85 This Contunder of Heresies. 1822Scott Nigel xxxi. (K. James loquitur), Us that are..the contunding and contriturating hammer of all witches. |