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† refrained, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[app. from refrain v. + -ed1, but perh. an error for refrayed refreid.]
Of a hawk: ? Affected with a cold.
1486Bk. St. Albans C vij, Whan ye se your hawke nesynge & casting water thorugh her noesthrilles on her nares: then dowteles she is Refraned. Ibid., A medecyne for hawkis that bene Refreyned. [Hence in later works.] |