spreathedadj.
/spriːðd/, U.S. /spriðd/ English regional (south-western) and Welsh English (south). Now rare.
Of skin: cracked, rough, or sore, as a result of exposure to cold or damp; chapped.
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1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 378 Spreathed, chapped by cold.
1857 F. C. Lefroy Hannah Lavender xii. 158 The aching in the icy hands and feet all stiff with chilblains, chapped and spreathed.
1923 J. Read Cluster-O'-Vive iv. 124 John put down his gun..and stamped round, wi' spreathed hands and all a-bivver with the cold.
1967 P. Nichols Day in Death Joe Egg 21 Letting her sit like Joe Egg in the damp all day. Her parts get spreathed.
2013 @auntiejackie 1 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Bet when he walks he gets spreathed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1825- to beat black and blue
- to beat cockfighting
- to beat creation
- to beat down
- to beat etc the tar out of
- to beat etcwith the spit
- to beat everything
- to beat fat
- to beat formerly also go about the bush
- to beat formerly also seek about the bush
- to beat formerly also wend about the bush
- to beat goose
- to beat handsmooth
- to beat in
- to beat into
- to beat into fits
- to beat into one's head
- to beat into one's mind
- to beat it
- to beat it out
- to beat it up
- to beat knock the tar out of
- to beat off
- to beat on
- to beat one hollow