ystadeadj.
Beset (with difficulties).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > having difficulty > beset with difficulties
poseletc1390
withstad14..
ystadea1440
mireda1522
hard-set1572
hard-pressed1707
necessitous1711
hard pushed1785
hard-run1834
a1440 Sir Degrev. 1631 He was never so hard y-stade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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adj.a1440- to raise to a power
- to raise up a ghost
- to rake a person over the coals
- to rake and scrape
- to rake away
- to rake down the corn
- to rake down the pile
- to rake down the socks
- to rake fore and aft
- to rake hell
- to rake hell with a fine-tooth comb
- to rake hell with a finetooth comb
- to rake in the shekels
- to rake it in
- to rake off
- to rake out
- to rake out a fire
- to rake out hell
- to rake over old coals
- to rake over the coals
- to rally round
- to rally round the flag
- to ram a thing down a person's throat
- to ram down a person's throat
- to ram home