rearedadj.

c1330 Sir Tristrem 173 (MED) He bad his kniȝtes lele Com to his somoun Wiþ hors and wepenes fele And rered goinfaynoun.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxx. 25 Vp on alle rerid hil.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. M.vi^v If..a mann should builde a temple, without a reared ridge, it is to be thought, that it coulde haue neyther a sightly showe nor any beawtie.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xiii. 53 Lying downe, and taking leaue with reared hands to skye, The Earths Protector so..did dye.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 81 His rear'd arme Crested the world. View more context for this quotation

1638 H. Killigrew Conspiracy Epil. sig. N3^v Great and good Powers, That from your reared, and exalted Throne, Have daign'd to visit your Creation.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 59/1 On the rear'd Column be my Story wrote.

1796 J. Bennet Redemption ii. iii. 48 On the rear'd cross inserts th' offending clause, ‘Jesus of Naz'reth Monarch of the Jews’.

1850 ‘Sylvanus’ Bye-lanes & Downs vi. 74 The flash, reared up fellow, in the light blue pantaloons and huge web of satin round his neck!

1885 Standard 26 May 5/5 [There] will be reared masts bearing the oriflammes of the town [sc. Paris].

1924 Eng. Jrnl. 13 647 He takes the trouble to draw drops that look to you like crocodile tears flying from the reared heads.

1943 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 63 112/1 One of the reared horses in the left panel is completely speckled with dots.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) i. 24 She came striding down the stairs..like a reared-up thoroughbred.

1848 W. E. Shuckard tr. J. M. Bechstein Chamber Birds 236 It may be heard in wild birds upon the eastern side of the forest; but reared birds sing it more slowly, stronger, longer, and in other respects superior.

1861 Times 21 Aug. 7/6 This made it the Stocker's duty to attend to the reared birds during her absence.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Dec. 1/2 Freely giving the millions of reared fish away.

1922 R. T. Young Biol. in Amer. xvi. 473 They have been noted in various reptiles and amphibians, while artificially reared fish are especially susceptible.

1990 Field Jan. 56/1 Assuming that 45 per cent are shot, then there are approximately 9 million reared birds plus, say, 1 million wild pheasants to be disposed of and eaten.

2004 P. R. Josephson Resources under Regimes i. 50 Redoubled efforts to stock artificially propagated and reared fish.