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ˈhusbanded, ppl. a.
[f. husband v. (or n.)]
1. Cultivated; tilled.
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. lix. 399 The husbanded Hoppe beareth his flowers or knoppes ful of scales. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 294 The husbanded or tame figge⁓tree. 1636Featly Clavis Myst. v. 56 Better husbanded land. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden lii, In Gardens, Vine⁓yards, Orchards, and other like husbanded grounds.
2. Carefully managed, used sparingly, economized.
1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 394 A better husbanded strength might be truly more advantageous.
3. Provided or matched with a husband, mated.
1601Shakes. Jul. C. ii. i. 297 Thinke you, I am no stronger then my Sex, Being so Father'd, and so Husbanded? 1654Whitlock Zootomia 61 The ill Wived, or ill Husbanded Wretches might here be comforted. |