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ˈhigh-ˌmettled, a.
Of high mettle; high-spirited, high-couraged.
a1626Bacon Q. Eliz. Mor. & Hist. Wks. (1860) 488 In a military and high-mettled nation. 1667Dryden Sir Martin Mar-All v. iii, Love's an high-mettled hawk that beats the air. 1714Swift Petit. to Parlt. in Davey's Catal. (1895) 32 A chaise drawn by two high mettled horses. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. I. x, The high-mettled young cavaliers.
Hence ˈhigh-mettle v. to render high-mettled.
1837Campbell Lines on Camp Hill v, The captors of England's domains, That ennobled her breed And high-mettled the blood of her veins. |