单词 | sinew-shrunk |
释义 | > as lemmassinew-shrunk(en) a. In terms denoting contraction or strain of the sinews, as sinew-bound, sinew-grown, sinew-shrunk(en), sinew-strained. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. viii. 224 An old, crazed, sinnowe-shronken, and nigh-dead father. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 105 The King..was sinew~shrunk, and wanted money the sinews of war. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 23 My Sober Muse can say how it did wound My Sinnew-bound Vnusefull Members. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2163/4 A brown bay Mare.., Sinew-strain'd on the near Leg before. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4125/4 He is a little Sinew-strain'd of the inside of the off Foot before. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Sinner-grown, having a contraction in the sinews, of which sinner is a corruption. < as lemmas |
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